The powers of EV's
Discussion
robinessex said:
Good question. From the clips on youtube, seems as if quite a few aren't. But Lambos, and others, do project speed and power, so I assume potential buyers are well aware of what they've got. However, if Sharon jumps into hubby's 1000bhp, 1g acceleration EV, to pop down to Tesco for some milk, I'm wonder what an inadvertent prod of the right pedal would result in?
Misogynistic much?You need to stop thinking of EVs as some kind of other transportation method.
EVs are a car, same as a Lamborghini is a car. They happen to be a powerful car in some case, but still a car nevertheless.
If someone buys one, they know what they are getting and they will advise anyone else who drives it what it's capable of.
Many moons ago I was sat at the lights part way round a big roundabout, with the next exit a two lane going onto the motorway. A Tesla pulls up next to me. Lights go green, I launch it pretty quickly but normally (my car is quick'ish but never going to trouble anything fast) and somewhat to my surprise leave the Tesla behind. Mr Tesla obviously napping gets a massive bee in his bonnet about being beaten off the lights and absolutely hoofs it, straight passed me ... and goes *VERY* sideways on the corner on the motorway sliproad. He was saved only by the stability control (and still nearly clipped the barrier).
Very much a case of being unable to control the power/acceleration of his car (coupled I think with a "how dare I be beaten off the lights" mentality).
Very much a case of being unable to control the power/acceleration of his car (coupled I think with a "how dare I be beaten off the lights" mentality).
robinessex said:
The driver who planted one in a front garden near me in the snow wasn't. Didn't comprehend that lots of go didn't equate to lots of whoa.
If only it was limited to EV drivers..https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-568...
Discombobulate said:
robinessex said:
The driver who planted one in a front garden near me in the snow wasn't. Didn't comprehend that lots of go didn't equate to lots of whoa.
If only it was limited to EV drivers..https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-568...
Fastdruid said:
Mr Tesla obviously napping gets a massive bee in his bonnet about being beaten off the lights and absolutely hoofs it, straight passed me ... and goes *VERY* sideways on the corner on the motorway sliproad. He was saved only by the stability control (and still nearly clipped the barrier).
Very much a case of being unable to control the power/acceleration of his car (coupled I think with a "how dare I be beaten off the lights" mentality).
One thing I've noticed about my Tesla is how superb the stability control is, even driving like a hooligan in the wet I can barely get any sideways movement either in our out of the corner. Actually it's one of the most impressive bits of the car.Very much a case of being unable to control the power/acceleration of his car (coupled I think with a "how dare I be beaten off the lights" mentality).
Fastdruid said:
Many moons ago I was sat at the lights part way round a big roundabout, with the next exit a two lane going onto the motorway. A Tesla pulls up next to me. Lights go green, I launch it pretty quickly but normally (my car is quick'ish but never going to trouble anything fast) and somewhat to my surprise leave the Tesla behind. Mr Tesla obviously napping gets a massive bee in his bonnet about being beaten off the lights and absolutely hoofs it, straight passed me ... and goes *VERY* sideways on the corner on the motorway sliproad. He was saved only by the stability control (and still nearly clipped the barrier).
Very much a case of being unable to control the power/acceleration of his car (coupled I think with a "how dare I be beaten off the lights" mentality).
Drivers routinely overestimate their driving skills (regardless of fuel type) and I suspect if you removed all sorts of passive safety systems like skid detection, blah blah blah, there would be many more people losing control of their vehicles at any speed. Very much a case of being unable to control the power/acceleration of his car (coupled I think with a "how dare I be beaten off the lights" mentality).
Terminator X said:
Disappointed, I thought this thread would be about the magical powers of EV.
TX.
Indeed. It seems to be about why women in Essex shouldn't drive their hubby's cars because they will crash them, and only macho men who have supercharged ICE cars can drive without crashing. TX.
Muzzer79 said:
robinessex said:
Good question. From the clips on youtube, seems as if quite a few aren't. But Lambos, and others, do project speed and power, so I assume potential buyers are well aware of what they've got. However, if Sharon jumps into hubby's 1000bhp, 1g acceleration EV, to pop down to Tesco for some milk, I'm wonder what an inadvertent prod of the right pedal would result in?
Misogynistic much?
GT9 said:
robinessex said:
It's not 1000bhp though, is it?
Which 1000 bhp EVs give you access to that power below speeds where you can actually use it?From Tesla website Model X
0-60 2.5 sec (+1g), "that maintains 1000+ hp all the way to top speed"
Edited by robinessex on Thursday 16th March 14:21
robinessex said:
I guess TC kicks in, but as pointed out a few postings ago, an EV can get out of control.
I don't think you've absorbed what I posted earlier.It's got nothing to do with traction control.
It's inherent in the design of the drivetrain.
Here is the power curve for one of the most notorious 1000 bhp EVs.
Full power in NEVER available below 60 mph.
Crossposting from another thread. Essexrobin, it’s not the 1950’s anymore.
robinessex said:
hurstg01 said:
When mine faffs, things get reorganised / put in a different place [for no reason apart from 'the hell of it' from what I can see].
So we have 3 house phones dotted round the house for ease [Kitchen, Hallway, our bedroom], but MrsH decided without consultation [as is often the way] that "we" didn't need one in the bedroom anymore, so turned the charger off at the wall and stored it in the loft in its original box
What she didn't reckon on was that, although the charger was turned off, the phone was still charged and would charge down over time. Cue last night, 11pm, and every other minute a fairly soft 'beep.......................................beep' could be heard. We discussed this in the dark in whispered tones so as not to wake the children, and assumed it was one of the neighbours smoke alarm batteries running out - annoying but they'd eventually hear it themselves and sort it out - they're good neighbours so we let things like this slide
1am - let the dog out for its nightly ablution and still heard it.
4am - light sleep awoken by the noise
5am - couldn't sleep any more so was wide awake til 6 when I take the dog out for its morning walk
8am - after the dog walk and my shower, we were in our bedroom and I could still hear the beeping; MrsH 'couldn't hear it' but my daughter could and suggested it sounded like a phone running out of battery, to which MrsH suddenly remembers her tidying yesterday and opens up that perhaps its the phone she took out of the bedroom and stored in the loft....
For f's sake....
Put a oneway latch on the loft, the next time she ventures there, she won't be able to get outSo we have 3 house phones dotted round the house for ease [Kitchen, Hallway, our bedroom], but MrsH decided without consultation [as is often the way] that "we" didn't need one in the bedroom anymore, so turned the charger off at the wall and stored it in the loft in its original box
What she didn't reckon on was that, although the charger was turned off, the phone was still charged and would charge down over time. Cue last night, 11pm, and every other minute a fairly soft 'beep.......................................beep' could be heard. We discussed this in the dark in whispered tones so as not to wake the children, and assumed it was one of the neighbours smoke alarm batteries running out - annoying but they'd eventually hear it themselves and sort it out - they're good neighbours so we let things like this slide
1am - let the dog out for its nightly ablution and still heard it.
4am - light sleep awoken by the noise
5am - couldn't sleep any more so was wide awake til 6 when I take the dog out for its morning walk
8am - after the dog walk and my shower, we were in our bedroom and I could still hear the beeping; MrsH 'couldn't hear it' but my daughter could and suggested it sounded like a phone running out of battery, to which MrsH suddenly remembers her tidying yesterday and opens up that perhaps its the phone she took out of the bedroom and stored in the loft....
For f's sake....
GT9 said:
robinessex said:
I guess TC kicks in, but as pointed out a few postings ago, an EV can get out of control.
I don't think you've absorbed what I posted earlier.It's got nothing to do with traction control.
It's inherent in the design of the drivetrain.
Here is the power curve for one of the most notorious 1000 bhp EVs.
Full power in NEVER available below 60 mph.
Undercover McNoName said:
Crossposting from another thread. Essexrobin, it’s not the 1950’s anymore.
I guess jokes are lost on you then.robinessex said:
hurstg01 said:
When mine faffs, things get reorganised / put in a different place [for no reason apart from 'the hell of it' from what I can see].
So we have 3 house phones dotted round the house for ease [Kitchen, Hallway, our bedroom], but MrsH decided without consultation [as is often the way] that "we" didn't need one in the bedroom anymore, so turned the charger off at the wall and stored it in the loft in its original box
What she didn't reckon on was that, although the charger was turned off, the phone was still charged and would charge down over time. Cue last night, 11pm, and every other minute a fairly soft 'beep.......................................beep' could be heard. We discussed this in the dark in whispered tones so as not to wake the children, and assumed it was one of the neighbours smoke alarm batteries running out - annoying but they'd eventually hear it themselves and sort it out - they're good neighbours so we let things like this slide
1am - let the dog out for its nightly ablution and still heard it.
4am - light sleep awoken by the noise
5am - couldn't sleep any more so was wide awake til 6 when I take the dog out for its morning walk
8am - after the dog walk and my shower, we were in our bedroom and I could still hear the beeping; MrsH 'couldn't hear it' but my daughter could and suggested it sounded like a phone running out of battery, to which MrsH suddenly remembers her tidying yesterday and opens up that perhaps its the phone she took out of the bedroom and stored in the loft....
For f's sake....
Put a oneway latch on the loft, the next time she ventures there, she won't be able to get outSo we have 3 house phones dotted round the house for ease [Kitchen, Hallway, our bedroom], but MrsH decided without consultation [as is often the way] that "we" didn't need one in the bedroom anymore, so turned the charger off at the wall and stored it in the loft in its original box
What she didn't reckon on was that, although the charger was turned off, the phone was still charged and would charge down over time. Cue last night, 11pm, and every other minute a fairly soft 'beep.......................................beep' could be heard. We discussed this in the dark in whispered tones so as not to wake the children, and assumed it was one of the neighbours smoke alarm batteries running out - annoying but they'd eventually hear it themselves and sort it out - they're good neighbours so we let things like this slide
1am - let the dog out for its nightly ablution and still heard it.
4am - light sleep awoken by the noise
5am - couldn't sleep any more so was wide awake til 6 when I take the dog out for its morning walk
8am - after the dog walk and my shower, we were in our bedroom and I could still hear the beeping; MrsH 'couldn't hear it' but my daughter could and suggested it sounded like a phone running out of battery, to which MrsH suddenly remembers her tidying yesterday and opens up that perhaps its the phone she took out of the bedroom and stored in the loft....
For f's sake....
robinessex said:
I guess jokes are lost on you then.
This is a fun one too, in the context of this thread. Keep dreaming in the nursery home, while yelling at passing EVs.robinessex said:
I'm hoping that all EV's come with auto speed limit control, thus they'll all be confined to the inside lane of a motorway as they won't be able to overtake each other. The outside lane(s) will now be totally traffic free for us old gits in our ancient ICE horseless carriage to proceed at a leisurely 1 lepton or faster, all the speed cameras having been mothballed long ago.
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