BTW, P85DEE dug out a reference to the MB SLS Electric
1/4 mile test done by C/D. They clocked it at 12.5 seconds, which is the same time as for P85D. MB SLS Electric weighs 263 lbs less than P85D.
It should be obvious now for everybody (I never doubted it) that MB stated motor hp in exactly the same way as Tesla, summing up four motors (751 motor hp). They also mentioned 600kW "potential" output from the battery, but as evident from the 0 to 60 and 1/4 mile times the battery limits motor output to significantly less than 751hp.
Otherwise one has to assume that MB does not know how to build cars if a two seat purpose built sports car with 751hp from the storied manufacturer with 89 years of experience can't beat 5+2 family sedan built by a newcomer, that is 263lbs heavier and has 691 motor hp, limited by the battery output to 463hp.
That's Estimated. They did not test the 1/4 mile time. Top Gear did and it killed the 11.2 second black in a side by side 1/4 mile race. The fact that the 0-60 is slower than the P85D due to software limiting only means it has to make even more power up top to compensate.
Why are they adding the motor powers and stating that as peak horsepower? Because the motors are the limiting factor, not the battery.
At 13:15 in this video, they talk about 1/3 of the horsepower being available with one of the three battery modules implying that the battery can produce at least the stated horsepower by itself.
The 3 modules total 864 cells that are *much* larger than the 7000+ 18650's found in the Tesla battery. I'd like to see some proof or almost proof that this battery can't produce the power.
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I am not sure what "facts" were you able to extract from this video.
Facts:
1) The SLS AMG Electric is faster than the AMG Black in the 1/4 mile.
2) The SLS AMG Black is an 11.2 second car.
3) It's faster at low speeds and especially higher speeds in the 1/4 mile.
4) It's 4800 lbs compared to the Black's 3400 lbs (1400 lb difference but still killed at higher speed by Electric).
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I didn't actually look at the video, but seeing it now, I see some major inconsistencies. The SLS e-cell is speced at 0-100 kph in 3.9 seconds, SLS AMG Black is speced at 0-100kph in 3.6 seconds. That means the Black should be first off the line (or should pass it at a certain point early in the race). But the video clearly shows the the E-Cell was first. The other factor is that reaction time is not accounted for (unlike at a drag strip). No way to tell from video what the respective ETs of the cars are. I don't have audio at the moment, so not even sure if it was a 1/4 mile race.
Top Gear also usually shows some shots of the speedo during the race, but this time there wasn't any, so can't even see a rough idea of what speeds they reached.
I've seen 3.7 seconds too but that might be confused with the ICE version. But ICE cars are harder to get that perfect launch than EV's so it's not surprising the Electric had a *slight* edge coming out of the gate. HOwever, as the race progresses, the Electric continues to put distance pretty much all speeds, all the while weighing 1400 lbs more than the Black. Pretty darned incredible actually.
Also, when you watch this car in other videos around tracks and see just how easily it breaks traction at high speeds, it's clear this is in another ballpark of performance compared to the P85D.
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If anyone wants a wiki please let the folks who are heavily invested in this know as I believe we'd really get to the sticky sweat meat of the issue(s) and less misunderstanding IMHO
That will spark wiki wars with competing wiki's popping up because everyone will be trying to edit the same wiki.
A wiki needs to be only factual and not present right or wrong or intent but I just don't see that happening.
