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Aug 8, 2024 | 09:20 PM

#3721

AMIRZA786

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Quote:

Originally Posted by LeX2K

Pretty sure the lower power is due to different battery cells.

Sorry, you are correct

Aug 8, 2024 | 09:43 PM

#3722

Margate330

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Originally Posted by AMIRZA786

Sorry, you are correct

0-60 in 3.1 seconds is still ridiculous fast.
For real, back in the day my friends mustang with a 5.0 v8 was 0-60 in approx 6 seconds and that was considered FAST.

I mean, not race car fast but fast for a production car with light mods.

Aug 8, 2024 | 09:56 PM

#3723

AMIRZA786

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From: California

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Originally Posted by Margate330

Times have changed my friend. Cars have gotten ridiculously fast now. I had a GTI back in the day (86) that probably did 0 to 60 in 8 seconds, and I thought that was fast. To me if it can do it in 4 seconds, that's good enough. The US version of the new Model 3 Performance does it in about 2.9 seconds, which is getting in Insane territory. Unless you are on a dragstrip, completely unnecessary, which is why I'm glad you have select Ludicrous mode

Aug 8, 2024 | 10:24 PM

#3724

LeX2K

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The Panasonic cells everyone made fun of is still the best cell for performance.

Aug 8, 2024 | 10:27 PM

#3725

Margate330

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From: FL

Quote:

Originally Posted by LeX2K

The Panasonic cells everyone made fun of is still the best cell for performance.

I have to admit, seeing hundreds of small battery's that look like the package size of the ones wife uses for her vape made me face palm when I first saw an EV battery tear down.

I don't know if they're still made that way but it works.
And, they last and that's what surprises me most.

Aug 9, 2024 | 05:32 AM

#3726

bitkahuna

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Quote:

Originally Posted by LeX2K

Pretty sure the lower power is due to different battery cells.

thanks. so i'm guessing different cells deliver different levels of max power output, and thus different acceleration.

Aug 9, 2024 | 07:05 AM

#3727

JeffKeryk

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From: CA

3 second 0-60 and 10 second qtr mile times are Supercar territory.

Aug 9, 2024 | 07:52 AM

#3728

AMIRZA786

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Margate330

Yep, the same type of batteries that go in vapes. They pack them together in modules. The reason they last a long time is thermal management. EV'S have cooling systems, they are kept at optimal temperatures. Each individual battery is also monitored, one bad battery can cause thermal runaway

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Aug 9, 2024 | 12:50 PM

#3729

LeX2K

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From: Alberta

At this point thermal management in an EV has been perfected the fire risk is very low far lower than ICE.

Aug 9, 2024 | 01:56 PM

#3730

bowser

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From: OC | SoCal

This beast is huge

Aug 9, 2024 | 02:09 PM

#3731

AMIRZA786

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Originally Posted by bowser

This beast is huge

At least I know exactly where you were driving

Aug 9, 2024 | 05:46 PM

#3732

BayeauxLex

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Quote:

Originally Posted by bowser

This beast is huge

Aug 9, 2024 | 05:58 PM

#3733

AMIRZA786

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Aug 9, 2024 | 06:18 PM

#3734

Mike728

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Quote:

Originally Posted by AMIRZA786

I think the Hummer is still bigger. And with about 1000 HP, it makes it truly a beast. I've been next to a Hummer and next to a Tundra, and the Hummers size makes me notice it more

Tundra????

Aug 9, 2024 | 06:20 PM

#3735

AMIRZA786

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Originally Posted by Mike728

Tundra????

Lol sorry, I saw this on the screen of my phone, and I wasn't wearing my reading glasses 🤣🤣. My eyesight has gotten pretty bad, can't see my phone screen without my glasses anymore

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