[ARCHIVED THREAD] - How The Tesla Model 3 Drives (Page 1 of 3)
Posted: 7/30/2017 3:35:09 AM EDT
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"The Model 3 is so unexpected scalpel-like, I’m sputtering for adjectives. And to mention body roll is to have already said too much about it. Nearly-nil body roll? Magic, I’m telling you. Magic. And this is the single-motor, rear-wheel-drive starting point. The already boggled mind boggles further at the mention of Dual Motor and Ludicrous." From MotorTrend
"0-60 in 5.1 seconds with the longer range 310 mile battery that tops out at 140 mph." Article Here |
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Like it or not but electric is the future of automotive advancements and boy do I remember my days of youth at the big slot car tracks. Damn, now I can drive in one! |
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Like it or not but electric is the future of automotive advancements and boy do I remember my days of youth at the big slot car tracks. Damn, now I can drive in one! |
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I remember when people laughed at getting rid of steel dashboards in favor of, god forbid, plastic of all things... Quoted:
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Like it or not but electric is the future of automotive advancements and boy do I remember my days of youth at the big slot car tracks. Damn, now I can drive in one! |
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Like it or not but electric is the future of automotive advancements and boy do I remember my days of youth at the big slot car tracks. Damn, now I can drive in one! |
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I remember when people laughed at getting rid of steel dashboards in favor of, god forbid, plastic of all things... Quoted:
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Like it or not but electric is the future of automotive advancements and boy do I remember my days of youth at the big slot car tracks. Damn, now I can drive in one! No, but electric cars do. |
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I'm far from a Luddite, but in practical terms electric only cars have a long way to go. When the energy contained by the battery pack is equivalent to that in a tank full of liquid hydrocarbons, and they can be recharged as fast as an ICE car can be refilled, they will have arrived for good. Until then they'll remain a novelty. Quoted:
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Like it or not but electric is the future of automotive advancements and boy do I remember my days of youth at the big slot car tracks. Damn, now I can drive in one! https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.technologyreview.com/s/524781/a-battery-with-liquid-electrodes-can-be-recharged-or-refilled/amp/ ETA: My dumbass asked this question almost 20 years ago. Along with if it were possible to utilize large bodies of surface water (ponds and such) as solar panels. |
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Did the switch to plastic require massive government subsidies to make its use financially viable? No, but electric cars do. Quoted:
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Like it or not but electric is the future of automotive advancements and boy do I remember my days of youth at the big slot car tracks. Damn, now I can drive in one! No, but electric cars do. IMHO that's not really a relevant comparison but I do get your point. |
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Al Gore should be in full chicken little mode.
https://www.autovistagroup.com/news-and-insights/swedish-study-calls-smaller-ev-batteries-finds-tesla-more-polluting-8-year-old |
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The dash of the Model 3 was incredibly disappointing. It's like they didn't even try to design one lol Other than that I'd love to have one of these for a day to day car. I enjoy reading about these nice golf carts as I contemplate the options I'll order on my 2018 Jeep JL Wrangler Rubicon sometime this fall/winter. |
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Use a charged fluid. Reclaim the discharged fluid, replace with fresh (charged) fluid. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.technologyreview.com/s/524781/a-battery-with-liquid-electrodes-can-be-recharged-or-refilled/amp/ ETA: My dumbass asked this question almost 20 years ago. Along with if it were possible to utilize large bodies of surface water (ponds and such) as solar panels. |
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I don't hate Tesla and most electric car drivers because of the lies about environmental benefits and government subsidies.
You want an electric car because it's awesome and you like XyZ features cool no complaints here, just don't pretend it's something it isn't. Is electric the future, probably eventually, however not until we create new battery tech and efficiencies. Producing 12m+ cars a year just in the US to replace existing gas fleet is not feasible or sustainable from a natural resource perspective using current tech. As far as environmental, come with me on my next trip to Ulan Bator and the mines surrounding it. |
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The dash of the Model 3 was incredibly disappointing. It's like they didn't even try to design one lol Other than that I'd love to have one of these for a day to day car. Ford didn't design a dash for my old Mustang, either. They just used the dash that was being produced the Falcon. |
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I'm far from a Luddite, but in practical terms electric only cars have a long way to go. When the energy contained by the battery pack is equivalent to that in a tank full of liquid hydrocarbons, and they can be recharged as fast as an ICE car can be refilled, they will have arrived for good. Until then they'll remain a novelty. Quoted:
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Like it or not but electric is the future of automotive advancements and boy do I remember my days of youth at the big slot car tracks. Damn, now I can drive in one! I quite like the idea of pulling into a car park, plugging the car in to charge, and going for a coffee while I wait for it to charge. 5 minutes? Fantastic. 10 minutes? Fine. 20 minutes? Wouldn't be happy. My wife's job involves quite a bit of town driving, but 200 miles would still easily cover her needs for a fortnight. It could cover mine for a week. These things are already practical for a lot of users, they're just bloody expensive. I'm really keen on the idea of electric vehicles. Shame they cost a fortune at the moment. |
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Loved the title of the article - Here’s What Everyone Says About How The Tesla Model 3 Drives.
There are what, 30 hand built cars being sold to employees? So there's another few for ad purposes at sites like the link and others? Hasn't been a single one produced off the line yet. So they can be talking probably a hundred or so automotive writers? |
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In 2020, solid state Li batteries (that have three times the energy density of today's lithium ion battery) will be the norm.
In 2025, solid state graphene batteries (that have five times the energy density of today's lithium ion battery) will be the norm. ____________________________________________________________ At that point, the internal combustion engine will be obsolete and you won't need an extensive charging network (or gas stations) for that matter. |
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The increased usage of coal and uranium that will be needed, in order to meet the increased electrical demand, will be ignored by the Eco Zealots. Hippocrates. Drove from Central Ohio to PA up on Lake Erie yesterday. Not one IED along the way. I drove over shale gas wells and coal most of the trip. Let the Arabs kill one another and not my young Marines and soldiers. |
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Photosynthesis is 98% efficient and converts co2 into o2. What we need is cars that run on sugar. Aristotle. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photosynthetic_efficiency Our best solar cells are around 40% efficient. Go science. |
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Where the fuck are you guys even going with your daily drivers that warrants driving 300 miles to a place without electricity? 200 miles of range is more than enough for a daily commuter and running errands and such. But the first thing everyone wants to talk about is a cross-country road trip. If you do that a lot, then you should take your other vehicle, or buy a different vehicle. |
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it's difficult to judge whether the era of the small combustion engine is coming to a close and is being supplanted by the electric motor.
I'd say that we are still a couple of decades off in terms of battery technology and infrastructure. We will need revolutions in both before I see it becoming truly viable. Building already tried and true infrastructure is a detail, new tech is not. He who dares wins, though and Musk isn't waiting around for anyone. How he gets to his objective will pale to insignificance when he succeeds. If he fails on the way then all of the knives will come out. Heck, they already are. |
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In 2020, solid state Li batteries (that have three times the energy density of today's lithium ion battery) will be the norm. In 2025, solid state graphene batteries (that have five times the energy density of today's lithium ion battery) will be the norm. ____________________________________________________________ At that point, the internal combustion engine will be obsolete and you won't need an extensive charging network (or gas stations) for that matter. the internal combustion engine will be obsolete 
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Like it or not but electric is the future of automotive advancements and boy do I remember my days of youth at the big slot car tracks. Damn, now I can drive in one! |
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In 2020, solid state Li batteries (that have three times the energy density of today's lithium ion battery) will be the norm. In 2025, solid state graphene batteries (that have five times the energy density of today's lithium ion battery) will be the norm. ____________________________________________________________ At that point, the internal combustion engine will be obsolete and you won't need an extensive charging network (or gas stations) for that matter. |
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Same thing where people gripe that a small/midsize pickup can't haul a fifth wheel camper or a horse trailer. It can't excel at every single thing I might ever want to do, so it's crap. 200 miles of range is more than enough for a daily commuter and running errands and such. But the first thing everyone wants to talk about is a cross-country road trip. If you do that a lot, then you should take your other vehicle, or buy a different vehicle. Quoted:
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Where the fuck are you guys even going with your daily drivers that warrants driving 300 miles to a place without electricity? 200 miles of range is more than enough for a daily commuter and running errands and such. But the first thing everyone wants to talk about is a cross-country road trip. If you do that a lot, then you should take your other vehicle, or buy a different vehicle. 
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