Worlds Greatest Drag Race 7

[Red C220]

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[Mactech]

Wow! Almost as fast as my little Honda twist and go scooter....

 

[bluestreak]

great, but the greatest? surely no? Patriotic may be?

 

[Red C220]

It seems electricity is indeed the future.

 

[Mactech]

It seems electricity is indeed the future.

How is it, again, that we make 75% of our electricity.....??

 

[Red C220]

How is it, again, that we make 75% of our electricity.....??

I'm not suggesting for one moment it's an ecological solution but actually a performance solution. That would be quite ironic seeing as I invest in fossil fuel and mining companies.

I've always considered real world electric cars something of a fantasy that I probably wouldn't see in my lifetime. Tesla and Rimac have changed my mind on this, although I'm reasonably sure Tesla have yet to make anything close to a profit.

Rimac really is an astonishing technological advance in electric supercars.

There's nothing I'd buy yet but that has more to do with poor infrastructure as opposed to the vehicles themselves.

 

[GeeJayW]

Electric motors can deliver maximum torque at zero speed, so they can deliver more tractive force at launch than an equivalent ICE installation. So not a surprise that the Tesla delivered strong acceleration performance. Would also no doubt offer significant regenerative braking effort too.

 

[Red C220]

What surprised me though was the Tesla's continued acceleration eventually taking the quarter mile.

Before watching the video I would have bet money the 911 Turbo S or F 488 would have powered passed it before the finish.