RE: Tesla Roadster: 'Quickest car in the world'
Discussion
At the current rate of progress it won’t be long before battery powered cars will charge up in a relatively small amount of time and provide a great number of miles out of it.
Just think how in the future they will fine tune the delivery of power so that it drives more ‘fun’ like a normal petrol engined car.
I bet they will be able to have different settings so that it will either shoot off the line like a big remote control car, or increase power gradually like a good quality V8 or nothing then bam like a turbocharged Focus RS mk1.
Once this is done you could choose the type of engine/noise setting and be well happy!
I think it’s like you can spend thousands on analogue vintage hardware synths or a lot less on a quality VST which gives 99% of the sound, and to most ears it won’t be any different in music production.
Also fully autonomous cars could have the same kind of setting, for example : a granny setting which sets off and joins traffic like a gran or race setting where it really accelerates hard up to the legal limit and really pushes through the bends, all in total safety as it’s talking to the gran car in front or the other racer setting car about to pull out.
The car makers will want to make their electric cars fun so stuff like this will work, so rather than bash this new dawn of vehicle we should embrace it.
Just think how in the future they will fine tune the delivery of power so that it drives more ‘fun’ like a normal petrol engined car.
I bet they will be able to have different settings so that it will either shoot off the line like a big remote control car, or increase power gradually like a good quality V8 or nothing then bam like a turbocharged Focus RS mk1.
Once this is done you could choose the type of engine/noise setting and be well happy!
I think it’s like you can spend thousands on analogue vintage hardware synths or a lot less on a quality VST which gives 99% of the sound, and to most ears it won’t be any different in music production.
Also fully autonomous cars could have the same kind of setting, for example : a granny setting which sets off and joins traffic like a gran or race setting where it really accelerates hard up to the legal limit and really pushes through the bends, all in total safety as it’s talking to the gran car in front or the other racer setting car about to pull out.
The car makers will want to make their electric cars fun so stuff like this will work, so rather than bash this new dawn of vehicle we should embrace it.
Edited by craste on Saturday 25th November 21:37
SidewaysSi said:
Forget the Turbo - what about a GT3? It's completely out of its depth and will surely get a good kicking.
The 911 GT3 is claimed to be able to accelerate from 0-60 mph (97 km/h) in 3.1 seconds or less, and the quarter mile in 11.2 seconds at 126 mph (203 km/h).[30][31] The GT3 has a claimed top speed of 202 mph (325 km/h). The lap time on the Nürburgring Nordschleife is 7 minutes and 25 seconds.[32]Yeah well out of its depth... Though I doubt the roadster is track focused at all, so again somewhat unfair comparison.
Smokey32 said:
I still don't see these magical batteries allowing quick recharge and great range.
They cant even put batteries in a bloody mobile phone to last.................
You realise these are not phone batteries? And theres a 300,000km model S (used as a taxi, fast charged a lot) with a near perfect battery he's happy will get him to 1,000,000kms... How often do you get to a million kilometres in your car? They cant even put batteries in a bloody mobile phone to last.................
Some Evs have poorer batter life management, like the (early) leafs but teslas are well engineered.
Cold said:
RobDickinson said:
Yeah all those rides around the loop at the launch event it looked cgi
A solitary lashed up prototype does not a homologated production run make. Vapourware.craste said:
At the current rate of progress it won’t be long before battery powered cars will charge up in a relatively small amount of time and provide a great number of miles out of it.
Just think how in the future they will fine tune the delivery of power so that it drives more ‘fun’ like a normal petrol engined car.
I bet they will be able to have different settings so that it will either shoot off the line like a big remote control car, or increase power gradually like a good quality V8 or nothing then bam like a turbocharged Focus RS mk1.
Once this is done you could choose the type of engine/noise setting and be well happy!
I think it’s like you can spend thousands on analogue vintage hardware synths or a lot less on a quality VST which gives 99% of the sound, and to most ears it won’t be any different in music production.
Also fully autonomous cars could have the same kind of setting, for example : a granny setting which sets off and joins traffic like a gran or race setting where it really accelerates hard up to the legal limit and really pushes through the bends, all in total safety as it’s talking to the gran car in front or the other racer setting car about to pull out.
The car makers will want to make their electric cars fun so stuff like this will work, so rather than bash this new dawn of vehicle we should embrace it.
Good points and the way things are progressing it looks like a good number of 'vehicle consumers' will simply go along with it as their level of involvement in the activity is low. You know you could get excellent samples of nearly every instrument known to man and run them through VST on your laptop computer but there are still the nutcases and luddites who insist on buying/owning/playing the actual instruments. The perverts even derive some sort of pleasure in coaxing out sounds from those instruments. Just think how in the future they will fine tune the delivery of power so that it drives more ‘fun’ like a normal petrol engined car.
I bet they will be able to have different settings so that it will either shoot off the line like a big remote control car, or increase power gradually like a good quality V8 or nothing then bam like a turbocharged Focus RS mk1.
Once this is done you could choose the type of engine/noise setting and be well happy!
I think it’s like you can spend thousands on analogue vintage hardware synths or a lot less on a quality VST which gives 99% of the sound, and to most ears it won’t be any different in music production.
Also fully autonomous cars could have the same kind of setting, for example : a granny setting which sets off and joins traffic like a gran or race setting where it really accelerates hard up to the legal limit and really pushes through the bends, all in total safety as it’s talking to the gran car in front or the other racer setting car about to pull out.
The car makers will want to make their electric cars fun so stuff like this will work, so rather than bash this new dawn of vehicle we should embrace it.
Edited by craste on Saturday 25th November 21:37
It's the same with cars. And horses. And coffee...
RobDickinson said:
Yes its a prototype. How many other launch events for a future car do people get actual rides in the prototype? Sure it might not ever be built as a production car, wait people are ordering it and so far telsa have delivered everything they have promised (sometimes late.. but still)
Yes, vapourware. This car doesn't exist, you can't buy one it's just a model. Vapourware. Stop being sucked in by the hype.Cold said:
RobDickinson said:
Yes its a prototype. How many other launch events for a future car do people get actual rides in the prototype? Sure it might not ever be built as a production car, wait people are ordering it and so far telsa have delivered everything they have promised (sometimes late.. but still)
Yes, vapourware. This car doesn't exist, you can't buy one it's just a model. Vapourware. Stop being sucked in by the hype.DeolTheBeast said:
JoBlack said:
RobDickinson said:
I don't see why it wouldn't be like a chiron / veyron. Similar performance weight and driver involvement I guess. Won't have the aural aspect but it's crazy zippy from stand still.
You are sniffing glue.
RobDickinson said:
Cold said:
Love how everyone's talking as though this car is actually real.
Yeah all those rides around the loop at the launch event it looked cgiCold said:
RobDickinson said:
Yeah all those rides around the loop at the launch event it looked cgi
A solitary lashed up prototype does not a homologated production run make. Vapourware.Cold said:
This car doesn't exist, you can't buy one it's just a model.
These are two statements.But only one of them is (vaguely) true.
And I think that, if you offer them Chiron money, they'll built you a second one tomorrow.
The car ran. Extreme accelleration runs all night. I don't think you know what a prototype is? Often these cars are some kit not designed to go over 50kph, not to mention pulling 0-100 the entire night.
DeolTheBeast said:
JoBlack said:
RobDickinson said:
I don't see why it wouldn't be like a chiron / veyron. Similar performance weight and driver involvement I guess. Won't have the aural aspect but it's crazy zippy from stand still.
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