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anonymous-user

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56 months

Thursday 27th August 2020
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This is the base for McLaren’s new hybrid supercars > https://www.topgear.com/car-news/hybrid/base-mclar...


anonymous-user

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Saturday 29th August 2020
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LotusJas said:
I truly think supercars of this generation (before they go hybrid) will be the best that such cars will ever be - to drive.

The hybrids will be faster and more powerful of course, but also heavier.

Taking an extreme example, have 'you' driven a Taycan Turbo S. Truly awful in cornering and braking, and this car is the best of electrics. And it's all due to its massive weight. (Tesla is worse, albeit slightly lighter.)
Yea, at present, but as Moore's Law takes affect, batteries will be much smaller and lighter. The electric cars of the not too distant future will be epic.


anonymous-user

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Sunday 30th August 2020
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Ferruccio said:
Moore’s law applies to microchips, not batteries.
Improvements in battery technology have been glacially slow too date.
I know, I was generalising about how technology is rapidly advancing.