Saw a video today where Elon Musk does a test drive of a D with a Bloomberg reporter that I hadn't seen. This test drive is basically the same thing everyone else got other than being done personally by Elon.
But there is one bit of info I hadn't seen anywhere else. Around 20 seconds into the video Elon says:
I have no doubt that's true with a P85D given that the vehicle has the same motor as the RWD vehicles for the rear motor. But I wonder how true that is in the 60D and 85D with a smaller rear motor. I guess there could be a limp mode where you can drive but not very fast on just one of the motors in the other models.
Any thoughts?
But there is one bit of info I hadn't seen anywhere else. Around 20 seconds into the video Elon says:
And actually the dual motors provide redundency, so it's like having a twin engine plane, so even if one of the motors conks out for any reason, you can just drive on the front one or the rear one.
I have no doubt that's true with a P85D given that the vehicle has the same motor as the RWD vehicles for the rear motor. But I wonder how true that is in the 60D and 85D with a smaller rear motor. I guess there could be a limp mode where you can drive but not very fast on just one of the motors in the other models.
Any thoughts?