Members of "Elon's Army,"
Sacramento Electric Vehicle Association (SacEV) just had a group gathering last night (17 June) at the local drag strip's "open running Wednesday Drags.
WE had a Tesla Roadster, and 3 Model S variants (S85, P85+, P85D) among our various electrics showing up.
NONE of the Tesla's had ANY problems launching at FULL STOMP force. By the way it was officially 99 degrees for this "event," and several of us saw dashboard reports at the track of 102-105 degrees.
We all made 4-5 runs each. All Tesla cars were basically stock, though the P85+ was on his second (?) set of non OEM tires. All had the latests software upgrades.
As expected under identical conditions, one of the FIRST TIMES ever such a range of Tesla's got "hard data" under exactly same settings, the pecking order fell in "logical ranking" and performance levels were ...reliable and consistent.
S85 13.5 seconds and 105 mph
P85+ 12.89 ".................109 "
P85D 11.63 "................ 115.24
Roadster 13.19 "................ 101.46
Remember all those You Tube videos of the "Tesla Grin" featuring the early Roadsters? We were ALL grinning last night in Sacramento!
As a footnote, we had a couple of Rav4 EVs which ran in the low 15 second range, an i3 running in the mid 15 second territory and even a Smart EV turning in the 17 second range...:biggrin:
Sacramento Electric Vehicle Association (SacEV) just had a group gathering last night (17 June) at the local drag strip's "open running Wednesday Drags.
WE had a Tesla Roadster, and 3 Model S variants (S85, P85+, P85D) among our various electrics showing up.
NONE of the Tesla's had ANY problems launching at FULL STOMP force. By the way it was officially 99 degrees for this "event," and several of us saw dashboard reports at the track of 102-105 degrees.
We all made 4-5 runs each. All Tesla cars were basically stock, though the P85+ was on his second (?) set of non OEM tires. All had the latests software upgrades.
As expected under identical conditions, one of the FIRST TIMES ever such a range of Tesla's got "hard data" under exactly same settings, the pecking order fell in "logical ranking" and performance levels were ...reliable and consistent.
S85 13.5 seconds and 105 mph
P85+ 12.89 ".................109 "
P85D 11.63 "................ 115.24
Roadster 13.19 "................ 101.46
Remember all those You Tube videos of the "Tesla Grin" featuring the early Roadsters? We were ALL grinning last night in Sacramento!
As a footnote, we had a couple of Rav4 EVs which ran in the low 15 second range, an i3 running in the mid 15 second territory and even a Smart EV turning in the 17 second range...:biggrin:
