RE: Tesla beats Taycan 'ring time...
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I've been following this story on various EV sites too, it is amazing how many american EV enthusiasts there are on those sites with intimate knowledge of The Ring.... 
Its is just turning into a my dads bigger than your dad competition, i'm sure the highly modified Tesla will beat the lap. but as several tests of the Porsche have shown it can do the launches and high speed stuff all day long.
Porsche are never going to release a product that does work, whereas Tesla have more in common with the good old fashioned Detroit car quality days in the US.
I'll stick to the Clio for trackdays and Ring runs for the minute. at least it can do a days worth of running without melting itself or the track.
Its is just turning into a my dads bigger than your dad competition, i'm sure the highly modified Tesla will beat the lap. but as several tests of the Porsche have shown it can do the launches and high speed stuff all day long.
Porsche are never going to release a product that does work, whereas Tesla have more in common with the good old fashioned Detroit car quality days in the US.
I'll stick to the Clio for trackdays and Ring runs for the minute. at least it can do a days worth of running without melting itself or the track.
All well and good but a) who wants an electric car and b) who wants a Tesla. I have never sat in such as s
te designed interior as a Tesla and, aside from the rapidity I deduced no passion had been wasted in designing the car, the engine, the interior or anything. It was just a thing! Still I suppose most people just want a thing, most brands have things, the 118d or the A4 35 tsi or whatever. Just they also have passion in M Cars or R cars or whatever.
te designed interior as a Tesla and, aside from the rapidity I deduced no passion had been wasted in designing the car, the engine, the interior or anything. It was just a thing! Still I suppose most people just want a thing, most brands have things, the 118d or the A4 35 tsi or whatever. Just they also have passion in M Cars or R cars or whatever. fblm said:
I used to work for a major US car company in competitor vehicle evaluation. All the oem's reverse engineer each others cars. Usually we'd buy a part one of our engineering departments was interested in from a dealer but if it was something prohibitively expensive like a whole engine we'd just call round the rental companies at Detroit airport and tear a rental apart! 
I remember when i owned an S1 135 Sport Elise and went up to Hethel to be on the first ever driver training course they held - 1998 i think. I was initially flummoxed as to why there was a Ferrari 360 parked up until one of the well know Lotus wheelmen explained that they’d ‘acquired’ one, ragged it endlessly round the track, took it to pieces and put it back together again. Obviously comparing it to the Esprit V8GT / Sport 350 at the time.And to all those comments about Tesla owners not being car people. Another one here who is a car person and agrees with the sentiment of having a Tesla for the (cheap to run) daily commute and something more fun for the weekend. Though i am a tech head too!
Well done to Mate and the rest of the team at Rimac. Without their help Porsche wouldn’t be where they are with the Taycan.
As for the Tesla. Elon should have waited for the production version of this particular Model S to be available for customers to buy. As it stands, Tesla have opened themselves up to criticism.
What’s astonishing is Tesla are still far ahead of the competition when it comes to battery and motor tech. Can’t wait for the Roadster. It will obliterate the Taycan and will be more than enough competition for the upcoming EV hyper cars.
As for the Tesla. Elon should have waited for the production version of this particular Model S to be available for customers to buy. As it stands, Tesla have opened themselves up to criticism.
What’s astonishing is Tesla are still far ahead of the competition when it comes to battery and motor tech. Can’t wait for the Roadster. It will obliterate the Taycan and will be more than enough competition for the upcoming EV hyper cars.
fblm said:
Yes they're pinning their whole future on the 14 mile battery market
They're clearly pinning a lot of attention on a fast ring time! So in terms of a prototype battery why wouldn't they?So take your
and stick it up your fanboismDave Hedgehog said:
that's an opinion piece not from Tesla, and i thought it was Panasonic actually making the batteries not Tesla
IIRC It's Continental. But I'll take a rain check on that for now.S1KRR said:
Dave Hedgehog said:
that's an opinion piece not from Tesla, and i thought it was Panasonic actually making the batteries not Tesla
IIRC It's Continental. But I'll take a rain check on that for now.S1KRR said:
fblm said:
Yes they're pinning their whole future on the 14 mile battery market
They're clearly pinning a lot of attention on a fast ring time! So in terms of a prototype battery why wouldn't they?So take your
and stick it up your fanboismhttps://youtu.be/6hmdmYRYt9A
Telsa fanboi? I've got 3 911's. Have another
Edited by anonymous-user on Tuesday 17th September 22:33
fblm said:
Is this 1:36 lap of Laguna using the new 2 mile battery?
https://youtu.be/6hmdmYRYt9A
Telsa fanboi? I've got 3 911's. Have another
Three 911’s ! https://youtu.be/6hmdmYRYt9A
Telsa fanboi? I've got 3 911's. Have another
Edited by fblm on Tuesday 17th September 22:33
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Hellbound said:
As for the Tesla. Elon should have waited for the production version of this particular Model S to be available for customers to buy. As it stands, Tesla have opened themselves up to criticism.
there are 40k+ deposits for the Taycan.Porsche production target for the Taycan is 20k per year. two years of backlog
I'd say it is far from a done deal which of the two you would be able to drive sooner
Maldini35 said:
fblm said:
Is this 1:36 lap of Laguna using the new 2 mile battery?
https://youtu.be/6hmdmYRYt9A
Telsa fanboi? I've got 3 911's. Have another
Three 911’s ! https://youtu.be/6hmdmYRYt9A
Telsa fanboi? I've got 3 911's. Have another
Edited by fblm on Tuesday 17th September 22:33
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