Having the full torque on the spot is something the old enthusiasts should experience.I don't understand the appeal for high performance electric sports cars. If you're doing it for the environment, fine that's quite noble and nice and I approve. However if you're not doing it out of ethics then why? These cars have no emotion when you drive em, there is no v6/v8/v10 engine noise screaming at you when you push the car into high rpms. These cars accelerate like rockets but are so clynical.
Well looks like the gauntlet is being thrown down so we'll see. The new Model S raven is much improved, motors and software, than the ones from like 2015 that were tracked.
It wouldn't make it around the track without limping anyway.If Tesla's Planning a Nurburgring Lap, They Forgot to Tell the Nurburgring
Yesterday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted "Model S on Nürburgring next week." But Nurburgring organizers say the automaker hasn't contacted them, and that there probably isn't any lap time available for them.
Looking forward to the Auto Addition videoThe track is technically open by the way. But Tesla would have to share the track not only with other manufacturers who are testing their cars or tires but with tourist drivers as well.
It's "kinda hard" to go for a lapped time in those circumstances, let alone try to beat a time which was set by Porsche. But they might still be able to get an idea if preparing for an actual attempt on a closed track makes sense for them.
Not everyone lives and dies by engine noise.I don't understand the appeal for high performance electric sports cars. If you're doing it for the environment, fine that's quite noble and nice and I approve. However if you're not doing it out of ethics then why? These cars have no emotion when you drive em, there is no v6/v8/v10 engine noise screaming at you when you push the car into high rpms. These cars accelerate like rockets but are so clynical.
lol damnI've got bad news for you. Auto Addiction has been banned from filming since everyone with more than 100.000 followers on YouTube needs an accreditation from the Nürburgring, which AA doesn't have. A couple of weeks ago the police stopped them filming at the Brünnchen.
A decade for reasonable priced EVs?? ? Sorry but no way. There already good options coming left and right if you don't only look at Tesla. What is a reasonable price and range in your opinion?Impressive and beautiful vehicle but again, the EV model as a whole is not attainable by average American. It continues to be toys for the rich. I feel like we are at least a decade away from reasonably priced EV's.
Impressive and beautiful vehicle but again, the EV model as a whole is not attainable by average American. It continues to be toys for the rich. I feel like we are at least a decade away from reasonably priced EV's.
Are you guys not following any car news?A decade for reasonable priced EVs?? ? Sorry but no way. There already good options coming left and right if you don't only look at Tesla. What is a reasonable price and range in your opinion?
And Nobody should have expected the reveal of a Porsche EV to be for the average American or average German or whatever. It's still a Porsche.
You could slam Audi, a car maker with a bigger range of price and models for only bringing out the E-Tron, a big SUV EV for Soccer Moms as their first and only EV, instead of maybe an A1 or A3 type EV for smaller budget.
I don't understand the appeal for high performance electric sports cars. If you're doing it for the environment, fine that's quite noble and nice and I approve. However if you're not doing it out of ethics then why? These cars have no emotion when you drive em, there is no v6/v8/v10 engine noise screaming at you when you push the car into high rpms. These cars accelerate like rockets but are so clynical.
For me cars are just transportation. I would love to save on gas.I think I will be the last person to own EV, and only when I am absolutely forced too.
A decade for reasonable priced EVs?? ? Sorry but no way. There already good options coming left and right if you don't only look at Tesla. What is a reasonable price and range in your opinion?
And Nobody should have expected the reveal of a Porsche EV to be for the average American or average German or whatever. It's still a Porsche.
You could slam Audi, a car maker with a bigger range of price and models for only bringing out the E-Tron, a big SUV EV for Soccer Moms as their first and only EV, instead of maybe an A1 or A3 type EV for smaller budget.
Yeah that was my quick look initial impression as well (side view I needed to look twice to make sure it wasn't a Tesla). That isn't a bad thing though...Model S is gorgeous.
Are you guys not following any car news?
Audi cars aren't going to be cheap if they release an A1 or A3. They are still a premium brand. VW though are going to officially unveil the ID.3 next week which is a Golf sized EV for under €30k with more expensive versions with more range and better performance.
Even Audi is more of a premium brand that's not for everyone. That's why they have VW, who are working on an affordable electric car.
https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-cu...del-s-nurburgring-lap-attempt-porsche-taycan/
It wouldn't make it around the track without limping anyway.
The track is technically open by the way. But Tesla would have to share the track not only with other manufacturers who are testing their cars or tires but with tourist drivers as well.
It's "kinda hard" to go for a lapped time in those circumstances, let alone try to beat a time which was set by Porsche. But they might still be able to get an idea if preparing for an actual attempt on a closed track makes sense for them.
No surprise. Tesla makes good cars for daily driving, but they are not performance cars. Maybe the roadster will be different, if it ever gets built.
You mean for performance like that Porsche? Everyone needs to settle down and stop reading so much into it, prototypes break down.Prototypes sometimes break down while blitzing the Nurburgring. And while this is normal, such occasions mean that spy shooters can get up close and personal with test cars. Well, the 992 Porsche 911 GT3 had such an episode today and guess what? It's aero got photographed in detail.
Hit it with a crow bar until the lid falls off.
The 4S offers a choice between two batteries, a 79.2-kWh pack and a larger 93.4-kWh module. The former delivers up to 522 horsepower for brief periods or 429 ponies continuously, while the latter bumps output to 563 horses.
Both battery configurations launch from zero to 60 mph in 3.8 seconds and top out at 155 mph despite different power ratings, adding more than a second to the range-topping Turbo S' 2.6-second benchmark.
Bump for more Taycan news. The "cheaper" models are starting to trickle out, starting with the 4S models. No range listed yet, but:
https://leftlanenews.com/porsche/porsche-taycan-4s/
Starts at $103,800. 47k cheaper than the announced Turbo and 80k cheaper than the Turbo S. Only thing left are the RWD variants which should be even cheaper.
Nice..