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Originally Posted by Cobos
What might solve the range issue and at the same time let Tesla keep their initial announcement would be 2 different modes like the Karma has. In sport mode the Whitestar does the 0-60 in 6 secs and is very aggressive, but the range suffers. In long-range mode you do get the 225miles range but acceleration is limited and possibly top speed. That way you can offer both and satisfy both the hypermilers and racers. I at least would love a feature like that. It's same kind of thinking a laptop maker uses to get the best battery performance they can get.
Cobos
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I think the Roadster already has driving modes like you describe. The Karma's two modes are very different, one uses the ICE, the other doesn't.
The range number, however, is dictated by the EPA driving cycle and doesn't have much to do with the "mode".