Lies, one of my brothers freinds worked at some air base when they filmed a car racing a jet, he said they had to retake scenes of the car driving and the jet won by a longshot.
Telstra Roadster?
I never knew an Australian Phone Service made electric cars :v:
They put something on Top Gear, then got mad about it?
Problem, Tesla?
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Your electric car sucks.
Why bring it up now?
[quote]It argued that because the car was "driven aggressively" on Top Gear the charge didn't last as long, but that if driven "mindfully" charges could last for 313 miles.[/quote]
A car was driven aggressively in a race? Say it ain't so.
Waitwaitwait.
Hang the FUCK up.
They're complaining about that their sportscar (electric one in this case) were being driven too aggressively in a test, when the other car was driven the exact same way??
Were they expecting Jeremy Clarkson to grannycoast both cars instead of driving them like sportscar should be?
I mean come on, that's just fucking retarded.
[QUOTE=Van-man;28890744]Waitwaitwait.
Hang the FUCK up.
They're complaining about that their sportscar (electric one in this case) were being driven too aggressively in a test, when the other car was driven the exact same way??
Were they expecting Jeremy Clarkson to grannycoast both cars instead of driving them like sportscar should be?
I mean come on, that's just fucking retarded.[/QUOTE]
No, they're saying it being driven aggressively it still should have done about 200 miles. If driven "mindfully" it could do over 300.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but that's what I read there.
Knowing top gear one of their future episodes will include the smashing of a Tesla Roadster and driving it very agressively only to piss them off.
:D
[QUOTE=MendozaMan;28890822]Knowing top gear one of their future episodes will include the smashing of a Tesla Roadster and driving it very agressively only to piss them off.
:D[/QUOTE]
That would take the budget of two episode though, unless they get one cheap.
[QUOTE=Gunner th;28890843]That would take the budget of two episode though, unless they get one cheap.[/QUOTE]
They will piss them off somehow, it's the natural evolution of the Clarksons to turn anyone trying to mess with them into a raging pile of England haters
[QUOTE=shadow_of_intent;28890700]Why bring it up now?[/QUOTE]
They ran out of money and need court cash.
It's a race. You can't race and conserve charge at the same time.
Besides, the tesla roadster is only just a really good example for what electric cars can be. Nothing more than that.
[QUOTE=Glance;28891619]They ran out of money and need court cash.[/QUOTE]
so what does tesla want? them to do it again and say it is nice?
The tesla is an awesome car. I can't wait to have a fully electric car. So powerful, so simple, no gears. Awesome.
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[QUOTE=Glance;28891619]They ran out of money and need court cash.[/QUOTE]
Yeah that makes sense. They have no money so decide to spend money on a lawsuit.
It's a PR stunt.
[QUOTE=garry;28891937]The tesla is an awesome car. I can't wait to have a fully electric car. So powerful, so simple, no gears. Awesome.[/QUOTE]
I agree, though when the car dies (as in can't drive any more at all) the batteries will be hard to dispose of
[QUOTE=Haxxer;28892834]I agree, though when the car dies (as in can't drive any more at all) the batteries will be hard to dispose of[/QUOTE]
Oceans.
[QUOTE=garry;28891937] no gears[/QUOTE]
And since when is that a good thing, Newman?
[QUOTE=*Freezorg*;28893757]And since when is that a good thing, Newman?[/QUOTE]
Reduced weight, less for the engine to pull, less energy consumed, easier to repair, no gears to actually fuck up in the first place, less oil required.
It's been 3 years, what's the point of this?.
[QUOTE=EvacX;28894328]Reduced weight, less for the engine to pull, less energy consumed, easier to repair, no gears to actually fuck up in the first place, less oil required.[/QUOTE]
Reduce 30kgs by doing away with a gearbox...
Add 150kgs by lining the floor of the car with 6800 batteries.
I remember reading they simply wired together thousands of laptop batteries.
They need to develop their own system or find something better that batteries from portable computers.
[QUOTE=*Freezorg*;28893757]And since when is that a good thing, Newman?[/QUOTE]
No gears = no gear changes = smoother, faster acceleration
[QUOTE=Brt5470;28895776]I remember reading they simply wired together thousands of laptop batteries.
They need to develop their own system or find something better that batteries from portable computers.[/QUOTE]
Not all lithium ion batteries are "laptop batteries", that's only when they're in a laptop.
[QUOTE=garry;28896195]No gears = no gear changes = smoother, faster acceleration[/QUOTE]
makes it boring
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[QUOTE=Ollih;28896252]makes it boring[/QUOTE]
Indeed.
Why would you need to charge it for 20 hours? How far do you drive every day?
I don't see how driving without gears makes it boring. I drive an automatic and it isn't boring.
[QUOTE=garry;28898006]Why would you need to charge it for 20 hours? How far do you drive every day?
I don't see how driving without gears makes it boring. I drive an automatic and it isn't boring.[/QUOTE]
It's a special feeling.
That and I rage at automatic transmissions for not shifting up or when when I want to.
[QUOTE=Van-man;28898048]
That and I rage at automatic transmissions for not shifting up or when when I want to.[/QUOTE]
Well with an electric car you wouldn't need to worry about that now would you
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