Would be interesting to see a GT3 or GT4-ish Model S with interior delete option.
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Would be interesting to see a GT3 or GT4-ish Model S with interior delete option.
Can the Model S with these type of track time hit 400 miles with 100 kwh battery though? Not sure it's fair to compare range if battery size is different. I was told that large wheels have a notable hit on range when I got my Model 3, so I got to think track tires plus dragging bodywork will have notable hit to the range.
It does look like Porsche made a bad choice on battery size. I guess they felt going over $240K might scare some of their customers away.
axhoaxho
Member
7:05 would be amazing for a 4 door sedan, and is challenging the Porsche 991.2 GT3 RS time (which did 7:05.41 according to Wiki.) Can't wait to see the Model S retuning to the Ring next month. Exciting!
Yes, that would be super impressive if they can come close to 911 GT3 RS time.
BTW, Tesla's data is showing up to 1.6G deceleration. I didn't realize street tires can do that!
Would depend on downforce. They must have gotten that wicker bill sized just right. Probably a $1500 option on plaid.
The S already pulls 1.3 or 1.4 g's on launch.
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f205v
Member
Question from an ignorant: why not a very simple free-wheel (like in a pedal bicycle)? for reverse just use the front motor...
I don't know if they would hold up under the massive amounts of torque. The ones I've seen are roller bearings that gets wedged in the forward direction. I think the repeated hammering would wear it out quickly.
Plus, no regen from the rear motors. Not sure, but I think it might interfere with torque vectoring using the rear motors.
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Has anyone seen this?
You take prototypes to the Ring to break them. Makes for a better car.
You take prototypes to the Ring to break them. Makes for a better car.
Valore
Member
Looks like it took a while to catch up. Even disabled, the tesla is still ahead of the taycan.
Uncle Paul
Well-Known Member
One of the purposes of taking a car to the track is to stress the heck out of it and see which parts are prone to failure. Then you beef up those items and take it back to the track and go even faster and then see what breaks then.
sillydriver
Member
You've highlighted a very big problem for existing high-end ICE car makers. They are really stuck between making electric cars that aren't competitive and making electric cars that are competitive but will destroy their own legacy business. This has been obvious all along, but their problem positioning the Taycan really brings it home.
Actually, Porsche does this within the ICE lineup already. Just look at Cayman vs 911. Most out there believe that Cayman can surpass 911 in performance, but Porsche purposely tuned Cayman to be not as fast as its bigger brother. So I don't think it's necessary Taycan vs rest of Porsche lineup, but more of a typical Porsche product positioning it has done for all its cars.
Indeed and the necessity of destroying their own cash cows will leave some, such as VW, struggling with payroll of 350,000 in germany alone. This with stagnant or declining sales (down 11% or more for VW in August) a looming recession, and it is a bad time to be running a german car company but VW especially. Electric and then obviously self driving electric cars are going to force germany to reinvent itself to remain relevant.
Todd Burch
14-Year Member
So for those who didn’t see it earlier, here’s an image showing the power of the Plaid S on the Nürburgring:
Notice the long straightaway on the bottom right. The car is clearly going clockwise. What’s interesting is halfway along the straightaway, the power goes from 450-500 kW, down to approx 250 kW around halfway, then back to 450ish.
Any theories on what would be causing that?
Power dialing back from overheating could explain it...it has a brief time to cool, then power goes back up.
I doubt it’s reaching top speed, since power goes down, then back up. If top speed was reached, it would be constant until the curve approaches.
Is there a crest of a hill or something there that would necessitate briefly slowing down?
Perhaps the car was encountering traffic?
Any thoughts?
And here is an image of slither.io. It is unrelated to racing or Tesla. I think.
Notice the long straightaway on the bottom right. The car is clearly going clockwise. What’s interesting is halfway along the straightaway, the power goes from 450-500 kW, down to approx 250 kW around halfway, then back to 450ish.
Any theories on what would be causing that?
Power dialing back from overheating could explain it...it has a brief time to cool, then power goes back up.
I doubt it’s reaching top speed, since power goes down, then back up. If top speed was reached, it would be constant until the curve approaches.
Is there a crest of a hill or something there that would necessitate briefly slowing down?
Perhaps the car was encountering traffic?
Any thoughts?
And here is an image of slither.io. It is unrelated to racing or Tesla. I think.
I just answered my own question as why Tesla will not be there on Saturday.
An elevation change would certainly explain that. We have to remember that this is not a production vehicle so there are bound to be bugs to fix and improvements to be made. I wouldn't spend too much time analyzing this graph for powertrain limitations at this point.
At least it would not take months in the shop like customers. Just one month. Hahaha.
Wonder if the driver used Tesla App to call Customer Service. Hehehe.
