Ludicrous mode

old news.

https://www.thedrive.com/news/28420...n-fire-randomly-and-theres-no-recall-in-sight

plus you cannot extinguish a li-ion battery. it will keep self-igniting.


however, what i found interesting about the acceleration statistics:



the car keeps accelerating with the same pace over these runs, while the appliance wears out quickly.

out of this article:
https://www.caranddriver.com/review...an-turbo-s-vs-2020-tesla-model-s-performance/

 

Fooling a Tesla:

https://www.businessinsider.com/hackers-trick-tesla-accelerating-85mph-using-tape-2020-2

 

That was very interesting, thank you for posting that Phil.

 

Shit happens…

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2010/sep/01/ferrari-458-italia-fires-recall

https://www.motor1.com/news/45345/porsche-detects-911-gt3-fire-risk-problems-recalls-all-cars/

 

At least those are being driven when they go up and not sitting in the garage waiting to spontaneously burn the house down. These events need to have more scrutiny as random car fires weren't something that happened to new cars for a long time. Plenty of poorly maintained 10 years old cars or poorly modified cars go up on the side of the road but new under warranty cars bursting into flames is an issue.

 

difference with these is , once the fire dept. is there, they can take care of it within 5 minutes, if you have a fire extinguisher in your car, you could possibly even save the car.

on a B-EV, you just have to let it burn for a day or 5.

 

I wonder when insurance companies will start adding clauses regarding EVs in garages.

 

Wow, that's actually pretty impressive.

 

So essentially after the 2nd hit the Tesla becomes your average grocery getter.

That Tycan is the first EV car I'm actually impressed by. Just looks great for what it is, different but not weird.

 

It was recently reported that reads the least efficient EV on the market. Limited range, with performance that's not better than a Tesla.

Now that I think about it, this thread has been going on for a while. I'm probably repeating something that was already posted.

 

Are you really under some illusion that I might be able to afford one of these? I was strictly speaking from window shopping (a.k.a. DaveK'ing) point of view.

Tesla looks like a 1999 Ford Taurus.

The Tycan looks like Porsche.

 

Taycan's aren't immune either. This one in FL just burst into flames the other day.

https://www.motortrend.com/news/porsche-taycan-ev-sedan-fire-info-photos/

 

You sir have won a prize. Someone will be along shortly to give you what you deserve.

 

Wow......that’s pretty harsh.

 

https://www.citroen.com/en/Highlight/131/ami-100-electric-mobility-accessible-to-all