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Wowaccording to the Top Gear spokeswoman, the tested Tesla was filmed being pushed into the shed in order to show what would happen if the Roadster had run out of charge.
Top Gear admit the car didn't need pushing
BBC: Top Gear Tesla didn't run out of juice ? Register Hardware
I don't think Tesla should push too hard, though, since it could back fire.
Yes, it looks surprisingly similar to what happens when you run out of gas :wink: Maybe they could also demonstrate what getting a flat tire looks like?Top Gear admit the car didn't need pushing
BBC: Top Gear Tesla didn't run out of juice ? Register Hardware
Wow
Thanks guys. I have such problems visualising what that might look like.
I agree, too, and admit that much of my animosity towards the Top Gear review is due to their obviously pandering to the still predominant ICE crowd even though they have the future right in front of them, let alone in their very hands...perhaps it was out of some long ingrained (you know, like inbreeding) expression of loyalty to the old school tech of ICE's (still pandering though)?!doug said:I don't think Tesla should push too hard, though, since it could back fire.
The Audi won at 4 miles before running out. The Ferrari got 1.7 miles. That would put it's total avalible miles per tank at 44 miles.
Well I'm glad the car blogosphere seems to be picking this up. I don't think Tesla should push too hard, though, since it could back fire. This victory added to the fact that most of the review was quite positive is indeed a great result.
It is good that the car blogosphere has picked up the story, but Top Gear apparently has a global audience of 385 million. I'm sure this has hit Tesla's brand in the wider market - in a way that it will be hard for internet sources to undo.
The newer, dumber Kentbot.The problem with a battery car is that the meter that show the state of charging is not working and will never work because a battery work and then stop to work when depleted and it's impossible to know at a given instant when you gonna be stuck on the road.
Could add in cost of fuel/electricity and purchase price.After reading another comment about this elsewhere, I got curious. So I got out the 11x01 and looked up the fuel tank sizes of the cars that took part in this. The results are sorted by the range these cars would have around the track, starting with the shortest. The data is the (imperial) MPG figure as worked out by Top Gear, (imperial) tank size in gallons, the distance the car would cover on one tank and what the manufacturer claims it will cover in combined circle.
The Ferrari 599 did 1.7 mpg, has a 23 gal tank, would go 39.1 miles on the track and do 306 miles according to the manufacturer.
The Aston Martin DBS (approx.) did 2.6 mpg, has a 17 gal tank, would go 44.2 miles on the track and do 199 miles according to the manufacturer.
The Tesla Roadster did go 55 miles on the track and would do 220 miles according to the manufacturer.
The Audi R8 did 5.0 mpg, has a 16 gal tank, would go 80.0 miles on the track and do 320 miles according to the manufacturer.
The McLaren Mercedes SLR (approx.) did 3.9 mpg, has a 21 gal tank, would go 83.9 miles on the track and do 410 miles according to the manufacturer.
The Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 did 4.1 mpg, has a 22 gal tank, would go 90.2 miles on the track and do 242 miles according to the manufacturer.
The verdict is that the Tesla Roadster is well within the figures when it comes to the differences of racetrack economy and claimed economy as well as overall range. One might argue that this is a different set of cars, and that models closer to the Tesla would put out better figures. Nevertheless, The Tesla manages to cover exactly a quarter of the distance the manufacturer claims for combined cycle, which is not that bad by any standards.
Found this over at FinalGear. The info comes from the test TG did, where they gave five supercars just one (imperial) gallon of fuel and then raced them:
Could add in cost of fuel/electricity and purchase price.