As long as the driver knows that he/she has to slam the accelerator as hard as possible in the shortest amount of time. Otherwise, using launch control would be faster I believe.
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No, it wasn't. If launch control was used in Tesla, the car would tilt backward at an angle (rear suspension depressed, front suspension lifted) and there is an very obvious metal "buckling" sound coming from the car. Trust me, I have watched tons of Tesla race videos before.
jerjozwik
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Its not the dragstrip they use, I believe it is a very quiet rode they use for some drag races...
lolachampcar
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It's the pathway between the main house and the guest house at Fiks summer home 
I should have made it clear that this is just my guess at the passing speed based on the 9 secs of elapsed time.
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No, that looks like the one to the servant's quarters.It's the pathway between the main house and the guest house at Fiks summer home
Exactly.
ICE owners are beat on 0-60 mph (and 0-100 km/h) so are now trying with something that takes somewhat longer, 1/4 mile.
With advances in battery technology all but the most expensive cars will be beat also on 1/4 mile, after which people start talking about racing the Tesla on longer distances.
So these races are just a sequence of moving goal posts.
You have got your supercharging numbers wrong, see Supercharger | Tesla:
Supercharging from 0 to 80% in 30 minutes is not possible for the 100 kWh battery, the 90 kWh alone takes 40 minutes.
But fine, if a high-way capable car able to do only 55 mph actually exists, then it would never be able to catch the Tesla, which is able to do average about 100km/h (just over 60mph) including supercharging.
Actual ICEs able to do 120 km/h (75 mph) would however beat the Tesla, due to their short refueling times.
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lolachampcar
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I'm reasonably sure an ICE cross country would be faster than a Model S cross country...... Right up until you take into account all those fill ups the rest of the year (when you are not doing your cross country road trip) at which point Tesla is looking real good. All of that is before you compare the difference in work hours spent paying for gas versus paying for electricity to charge your car. If you narrow your focus sufficiently, ICE looks good.
The p100d has more cells in parallel so can absorb more supercharging power.
I was being conservative on highway miles.
The average speed will be a function of how close the superchargers are together.
At 112 mph the distance would be 98 miles in 0.877 hrs. With supercharging 1.377 hrs or 98 miles / 1.377 hrs is 71 mph avg. Even with a 40 minute recharge it's 65 mph avg.
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CraZ8
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You would be adding a level of complexity and expense that would only benefit a few owners that frequent drag strips. For the vast majority of owners the rush of the one speed motor any where from 0 to 90mph is more than enough to bury any challengers. If you want a two speed electric super car buy a Rimac but be prepared to drop nearly a million
My understanding is that electric motor's stator overheating is the limiting factor for high speed performance. Not really the gear.
If you are talking about the Tesla Racing Channel video. Tesla was racing the Corvette on a rolling start (instead of a standing start), so no timing equipment/ lights was used. Those equipment doesn't work in a rolling race. You pretty much need vbox in both cars to get accurate timing and speed measurement.
Rimac thinks so - that's how the Concept One works.
I don't really think the cost and complexity is justified for Tesla's target markets.
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