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Originally Posted by malachite
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Originally Posted by GreenSpeed
I plan to organize some track events for roadster owners sometime in the future. This will probably happen in
California mostly.
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With all due respect, how are you envisioning this will work? Having been to countless "track days" my experience is that your typical sports car gets 5-7 mpg while on track. Given the Tesla has a 250 mile range (or about the equivalent of a tank of gas), it would seem that you'd run out of juice around lunch, or maybe early afternoon if you are slow ;D.
That is, assuming you started with a full charge, which is to assume you spent the night before in a local hotel where you somehow had means to plug it in and fully charge it. And then you'd have the problem of needing to get home that night. I would think the only reasonable option would be to trailer the TR to/from the track, and be satisfied with 1/2 - 3/4 day of track time.
Out of curiosity, has Tesla said anything about track suitability? Like will the battery blow up if you try to draw very high currents out of it for 20-30 minutes straight, as one would during a track session? Not that this is a unique problem to electric cars - many gas powered cars (though usually only modified ones) suffer from "heat soak" at the track.
- John <-- just joined the forum. no Telsa roadster but I do have a Lotus Elise, which is tons of fun at the track! Hope to have an electric sports car someday... |
Tracking the tesla roadster may be possible if one installs the 3 hr chargers at the track. I am looking into this as I speak and will get back to you on this. Yes trailering the car is another option. My idea is drive say 100 miles to a track, get it hooked up right away, get on the track, in between track sessions hook it up again, hook it up at lunch time an then at the end of the track day hang around for a little while you make sure it has at least enough to get you home. This might work....let me know what you think..
GS