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Tesla Unveils New Model S, Its Quickest Production Car (bloomberg.com)
Electric car maker Tesla said Tuesday that it is launching a 100-kilowatt-hour (kWh) battery for its Model S and Model X cars. A report on Bloomberg says: Tesla is adding versions of its Model S sedan and Model X sport utility vehicle with a more powerful battery pack that the company said makes the Model S the world's quickest production car and gives it range of 315 miles on a single charge. Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk is trying to appeal to sports car enthusiasts with the new Model S P100D with a 100 kilowatt-hour battery, which with Ludicrous mode can go from a standstill to 60 miles per hour in 2.5 seconds, compared with 2.8 seconds for the P90D Ludicrous version. The P100D Ludicrous upgrade costs $10,000 for customers who have ordered a P90D Ludicrous but haven't taken delivery, or $20,000 for owners who already have that vehicle type.
Oddly enough I was messaging a friend about the high cost of the battery upgrade for the old roadster model earlier today. Personally the extreme cost of the batteries (much higher than say a replacement engine) leaves me with big questions about how viable electric cars will be from a maintenance perspective.
Here is a google search for "car fires". Thousands of pictures of gasoline cars on fire. Here is another search for "Lamborghini Fires". There are many. How many recent Tesla fires can you mention? I'll bet is is approximately two. And yet they are reported ad nauseum. And filthy trolls like you act as if they happen all the time. They don't.
This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when first he appears as a protector - Plato (423 to 327 BC)
It must make you so angry to realize how much more Musk has accomplished already compared to what you will ever be able to accomplish. He's become a billionaire three times over - paypal, tesla, spaceX - and driven those arenas far further forward than anyone else at the time.
And the most you're capable of is calling people moron on the internet.
There are two types of people in the world: Those who crave closure
The only thing the tesla is fastest at is bursting into flames.
The two production cars faster than the P100D are:
- Ferrari Laferrari, of which 499 have been made. A quick Google search reveals at least two have caught fire, and a recall was issued by Ferrarri because of the fire risk.
- Porsche 918 Spyder, of which 918 have been made. A quick Google search reveals at least one burned down at a gas station in Canada.
Compare that to the almost 150,000 Teslas on the road today (100 times as many). Looks like "fastest car to catch fire" is no contest here.