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I don't see how it is not the X. For those in denial, fear not, it will look a lot better when it is not camo'd.
Can't believe no one is trying to identify the driver yet.
Wheels actually look exactly like the Model S prototype wheels. Not that someone else couldn't get a set just like them.
I also think this is an X beta tester. There's no way this is a Rav 4, it's too damn quick! I didn't time that straight run but it was hauling some serious arse before they jumped on the brakes. It also stopped in a really big hurry.
Honestly, it looks like they were doing a 0-60-0 test and a skidpad (cornering G force) test. Although, the track looked a bit dirty. I would expect they would want a clean surface if they're trying to gather numbers. As another poster pointed out, that thing stays super flat for how tall and how fast it was going in circles.
I'm just going to say this is exactly what happened with the D event after the tweets... People were spot on in the first few minutes and then not to be undone everyone else felt like they had to include even crazier ideas that many didn't even make a lick of sense. What did it end up being? Exactly what was assumed by the first few posters... Can we all please take a chill pill here? I know you want to all be the first to make some great unknown discovery here but over analyzing this isn't going to change what this is...
I mean clearly this is them testing the new electric mars rover!
Totally agree. Crazy talk about heated steering wheels!
I'm just going to say this is exactly what happened with the D event after the tweets... People were spot on in the first few minutes and then not to be undone everyone else felt like they had to include even crazier ideas that many didn't even make a lick of sense. What did it end up being? Exactly what was assumed by the first few posters... Can we all please take a chill pill here? I know you want to all be the first to make some great unknown discovery here but over analyzing this isn't going to change what this is...
I mean clearly this is them testing the new electric mars rover!
With all due respect, this thread left reality quite some time ago. It has become more of a 'fun to speculate' than a serious conversation. I admit to being part of taking it down the rabbit hole but it was headed that way before...powered by a Prius with model 3 drivetrain, upgraded seats, vectored motors and heated steering wheels with Bonnie driving and Nigel copiloting. Oh.....and did anyone notice the fish tank?
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I think the real takeaway from this is Bonnie is a crazy driver!
With all due respect, this thread left reality quite some time ago. It has become more of a 'fun to speculate' than a serious conversation. I admit to being part of taking it down the rabbit hole but it was headed that way before...powered by a Prius with model 3 drivetrain, upgraded seats, vectored motors and heated steering wheels with Bonnie driving and Nigel copiloting. Oh.....and did anyone notice the fish tank?
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I think some of the posters other than yourself seem quite genuine about there speculation... But feel free to carry on! I was just trying to help get things back on the rails... Clearly that's not going to happen haha!
Bonnie sure was driving pretty crazy out there though! Cause you can see the passenger with his hand out the window on the roof holding on for dear life! I think the real takeaway from this is Bonnie is a crazy driver!
i vote they switch out the fish tank for a hot tub. There appears to be enough room in back now, and the falcon wing concept offers a practical way to step into one without being a contortionist.
I have made a (feeble) attempt at trying to ballpark the speed/acceleration of the vehicle in the video, using crude tools. I detail this below. My approach may be all wrong, so please try to point out errors I might have made. With that said, here it goes:
The beginning of the video shows the vehicle going from very low speed (guess ~5-10mph) to very high speed with an APL container ship in the background. The length of the APL container ship can be used to provide a rough estimate of distance travelled. APL makes four containers, 20x8.5, 40x8.5, 40x9.5 and 45x9.5 (length x height in feet). The APL containers in the video have a ratio of 4.5:1. Therefore, I conclude they are the 45 foot long containers on this ship. Approximately 17 APL containers traverse the ship, giving a ship length of ~17x45=765 feet. The vehicle went the length of the ship in ~6s. This time is a very rough estimate and attempts to account for the change in angle of the camera from the back to the front of the ship. This gives an average velocity of ~765/6=127.5 feet/s or ~87mph. As the car was going much slower than this at the beginning, the final velocity must have been much much faster.
Thus, if my approach has validity, the vehicle appears to go from ~5-10mph to >>100 mph in ~6s or less. Given how fast it appears to be accelerating, can it be anything else other than a dual motor Model X beta?
APL - Standard Containers. 20 steel/ high cube steel containers
Wheels actually look exactly like the Model S prototype wheels. Not that someone else couldn't get a set just like them.
I have made a (feeble) attempt at trying to ballpark the speed/acceleration of the vehicle in the video, using crude tools. I detail this below. My approach may be all wrong, so please try to point out errors I might have made. With that said, here it goes:
The beginning of the video shows the vehicle going from very low speed (guess ~5-10mph) to very high speed with an APL container ship in the background. The length of the APL container ship can be used to provide a rough estimate of distance travelled. APL makes four containers, 20x8.5, 40x8.5, 40x9.5 and 45x9.5 (length x height in feet). The APL containers in the video have a ratio of 4.5:1. Therefore, I conclude they are the 45 foot long containers on this ship. Approximately 17 APL containers traverse the ship, giving a ship length of ~17x45=765 feet. The vehicle went the length of the ship in ~6s. This time is a very rough estimate and attempts to account for the change in angle of the camera from the back to the front of the ship. This gives an average velocity of ~765/6=127.5 feet/s or ~87mph. As the car was going much slower than this at the beginning, the final velocity must have been much much faster.
Thus, if my approach has validity, the vehicle appears to go from ~5-10mph to >>100 mph in ~6s or less. Given how fast it appears to be accelerating, can it be anything else other than a dual motor Model X beta?
APL - Standard Containers. 20 steel/ high cube steel containers
....with Bonnie driving and Nigel copiloting. Oh.....and did anyone notice the fish tank?