2022 Tesla Model S Plaid First Test: 0–60 MPH in 1.98 Seconds
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We were promised fully autonomous cars in "2 years" in 2012 and all we get are vaguely superior driver assistance techs and fast 0-100 to burn more rubber [0]
It could do 0-100 in 1s I wouldn't want to drive something with that steering rectangle.
[0] https://www.tiretechnologyinternational.com/news/regulations...
Yes, there are other metrics that are important for electric cars such as range and safety, and Tesla leads those metrics as well.
Your bias is glaring in your comment, they set a record for world's fastest production car, your response, "meh that record is irrelevant".
Pretty impressive that Tesla not only broke the record, but broke the will to keep records. The power of salt is crazy.
Fully autonomous is another topic that noone has provided, being mad that you don't have it yet is just about as useful as being mad cars can't hover yet. It benefits no one and is not relevant.
I for one am glad that Tesla put a fire under these other car makers ass. They've been coasting for so long, gouging for expensive upgrades without actually improving anything. They made electric cars shitty on purpose to keep ICE around. Now Tesla is making electric competitive in both looks and speed and your response is meh. I'm glad to see Ford and others taking electric seriously, but it's only because Elon is making Tesla so damn enticing.
I may be a bit biased as well, but I prefer Tesla and its goals and track record vs the automobile giants very sketchy record.
Also I remember the HN discussion from that tire emissions study, consensus was the numbers were fishy:
For most people out there, FSD is way more interesting than some insane 0-60 time. It’s impressive that Tesla has made this accessible in an everyday car (mind you, it requires a special drag strip to hit claimed numbers). But it’s not really that relevant or even interesting to 99% of consumers out there - the difference between 2.2s and 3.2s is very significant to an enthusiast but to most people (including stans) - it’s not relevant. They’re not going to be gunning it on freeway on ramps - that is quite clear from the number of Teslas I get behind within the Bay Area.
I like that Tesla is pushing the limits and getting EV adoption going but I see them selling snake oil and gimmicks as much as I see them selling a compelling EV car. They live for the gimmicks - without them there is very little reason the stans would be interested.
PS: Tesla used prepped tarmac surfac to obtain this time.
Add glue to asphalt and start at 6 mph instead of 0 mph and it's below 2 seconds.
The LR is 3.1, so you decide whether $50k is worth it.
Tesla don't do it either for their non performance models.
I wish people didn't care so much about this specific performance number anyway. 0-60 time doesn't tell you how fast a car will go around a track (if you're into that), and more importantly imo, it doesn't tell you much about how enjoyable a car will be to drive on public roads. it's particularly frustrating to see how the few remaining manual transmissions are all designed to hit redline in second gear at 62 mph. talk about optimizing for the benchmark...
The difference between 0-60 in 4 seconds (drives the same distance as a constant speed of 30 for 4 seconds) and 0-60 in two seconds plus two seconds at 60 (gives you the same distance as a constant speed of 30 for 2 seconds plus one of 60 for 2 seconds) is the distance driven in two seconds at 30, so you’d be a whopping (not) one second behind if you drove that slower accelerating car.
(Also, this car takes 8 to 15 minutes to prepare for that sprint. That’s not the practical)
I actually find the 30-50 and 50-70 tests that car and driver runs to be pretty interesting for a daily driver. in a manual it shows what kind of performance you can expect merging / changing lanes if you're too lazy to downshift, and in an automatic it captures how well the transmission responds to a sudden application of the throttle while cruising. these figures strike me as a lot more realistic than flooring it from a dead stop. many cars are traction limited in the lower gears anyway.
I do understand some people simply enjoy accelerating hard in a straight line, and I don't begrudge them that. I'm just disappointed by the tradeoffs that are made to hit that headline figure.