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People make transmissions that can stand up to tons of torque. Ferrari comes to mind. I wonder if they'd make a 2 or 3 gear transmission for Tesla?
The goal of this car may not be to make significant money (they need to make a profit on each car though) but to serve as a attention getting much like the Roadster. I'm hoping there are two versions
1) GT-R fighter maybe in $100-140k
2) Bugatti Veyron fighter: $180-220k
the second version would be the 'sport' version of the new Roadster and drop it into low 2 seconds while the other version would be mid to high 2 seconds for 0-60
WOW !!! that is a Veyron fighter at 1/10th the price. Doable !?!?!?!? If so that is a BIG game changer.
I'm just making these numbers up of course but I think it's possible. Imagine 2 Model S performance motors in a smaller car (AWD) that weighs 1,000 lbs less.
Just do what Ferrari is doing in the FF. Have a motor for the front wheels and rear wheels. Front motor helps off the line and then disengages at high speeds - rear motor is geared for higher speed and when max torque launches aren't required.Hmm. I can see that. I wonder if the solution is to use two motors instead? Each motor is optimized for a certain speed range and they disengage when the car is out of its power band. Expensive but so is a supercar.
Just do what Ferrari is doing in the FF. Have a motor for the front wheels and rear wheels. Front motor helps off the line and then disengages at high speeds - rear motor is geared for higher speed and when max torque launches aren't required.
Just do what Ferrari is doing in the FF. Have a motor for the front wheels and rear wheels. Front motor helps off the line and then disengages at high speeds - rear motor is geared for higher speed and when max torque launches aren't required.
I was told during the Model X test ride that is what they are doing with the model X!!
Could this quote have been jumbled (talking of low price Gen III and Supercar in the same breath)? :Elon said somewhere "supercar performance without a supercar price." Too lazy to dig up the link right now, but I would expect the car to be in the 75k - 150k range...
"Yes, we will do an electric supercar at some point. It was going to happen right after the Model X, but it is more important to the world that we do a more affordable electric car. Hopefully, we will get to an electric supercar in 4 to 5 years."
Could this quote have been jumbled (talking of low price Gen III and Supercar in the same breath)? :
Elon Musk says Tesla Motors may build electric supercar in a few years
Off hand that sounds like an interesting idea, but the difference in gear ratios troubles me. Seems like it would be difficult to have both motors active at the same time because you have to match tire rotation by modulating power. Not saying it can't be done, but I can't recall any real life examples that are similar.