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Old Aug 8, 2024 | 09:11 PM
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Originally Posted by bitkahuna
blame tarriffs and regs for the euro gouge.





i got one for my lexus, not sure if i got one for the hyundai. but i tried doing it for the lexus but it was just endless and poorly put together so i gave up.



oh come on, it's just a software update. should be ota of course, but guess not?



anyone know why or how? is it different motors than north america? software? placating euro regulators?
Haha yes, just a software update, but only the dealership can perform it. Not a big deal because her car is overdue for routine service anyway. Plus the Hyundai dealership is 10 minutes from my work (this is a different one from the one I bought it from), they are very customer service oriented, and they will give me Lyft rides back plus pick me up. Win win!

Same motors, less power to lower the taxes on it. Yep, regulators
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Old Aug 8, 2024 | 09:16 PM
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Pretty sure the lower power is due to different battery cells.
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Old Aug 8, 2024 | 09:17 PM
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Originally Posted by LeX2K
Pretty sure the lower power is due to different battery cells.
That's not what I read a couple months back, but you could be correct
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Old Aug 8, 2024 | 09:20 PM
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Originally Posted by LeX2K
Pretty sure the lower power is due to different battery cells.
Sorry, you are correct


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Old Aug 8, 2024 | 09:43 PM
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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.
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Old Aug 8, 2024 | 09:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Margate330
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.
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
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Old Aug 8, 2024 | 10:24 PM
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The Panasonic cells everyone made fun of is still the best cell for performance.
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Old Aug 8, 2024 | 10:27 PM
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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.
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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.
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Old Aug 9, 2024 | 07:05 AM
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3 second 0-60 and 10 second qtr mile times are Supercar territory.
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Old Aug 9, 2024 | 07:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Margate330
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.
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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Old Aug 9, 2024 | 12:50 PM
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At this point thermal management in an EV has been perfected the fire risk is very low far lower than ICE.
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This beast is huge
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Old Aug 9, 2024 | 02:09 PM
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Originally Posted by bowser
This beast is huge
At least I know exactly where you were driving

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