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Re: Comparison with ICE vehicles
Old 11-04-2006, 10:54 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Re: Comparison with ICE vehicles

I personally have never driven an electric vehicle so it would be hard to say.
I still have some thoughts on the difference.
Obviously there is constant torque, for the most part, so you feel similar
power all the time rather then a build up of power i would guess.
There is a small build up i believe however nothing like a couple turbos
kicking in. Due to the lack of many gears, the tesla will be an exttremly
easy car on the track because the driver will not have to worry about
keeping the car in the right rev range. This will make the car faster
but possibly less of a challenge. The other issue is the sound it will make.
I hope its loud enough to hear, or has its own sound like they say because
the idea of just hearing the wind is new to me and I'm not too sure about
how nice that will be but maybe i will like it.
In terms of performance I think electric motors are more efficient and have
better capabilities, its where the energy comes from thats the problem unlike
ice's. I'm not sure how the tesla will compare to the elise. I hope they put
bigger tires on in to handle the extra power and weight but they havn't seem
to of done that. They should also put bigger breaks. Anyone know if they've
done this to the car?
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