[Mingwan]

Still skeptical about the performance of the Roadster. I just realized that the Roadster will be producing around 800ft lbs of torque assuming it has the same reduction ratio in the transmission as the Model S. 9:1. A lot of assumptions here, though.

The Rimac is more powerful, yet it doesn’t come anywhere close to the performance figure claims of the Roadster.

[JsL]

Originally Posted by Efthreeoh

You really think in just 3 years all those engines will no longer be in production? I'll counter that the N/A boxer 6, V8, V10 or V12 that are slated for production in 2020 are right now going through Q1 pre-production qualification.

I don't have insider knowledge, but with everything moving to Turbos, I think it's the sad truth.

Who knows... Ferrari's next flagship model might be turbo, no more glorious 6+ liter V12...

[stevenvillatoro]

When will 'fast' ever be fast enough? What comes after 'ludicrous'?

Is this what the joy of driving has become... mere charged-up point-and-shoot earth rockets?

It'll be interesting to see what ultimately defines a Tesla enthusiast.

[bimmer456]

Originally Posted by stevenvillatoro

When will 'fast' ever be fast enough? What comes after 'ludicrous'?

Is this what the joy of driving has become... mere charged-up point-and-shoot earth rockets?

It'll be interesting to see what ultimately defines a Tesla enthusiast.

Max Plaid comes after Ludicrous (it is a pop culture reference from the movie Spaceballs.) . There will likely be a Maximum Plaid option in the drop down menu after Ludicrous Plus.

[Bt12]

Ill take one

[Sedoy]

Most likely Tesla will change reduction ratios since it will be triple motor setup.

Originally Posted by Mingwan

Still skeptical about the performance of the Roadster. I just realized that the Roadster will be producing around 800ft lbs of torque assuming it has the same reduction ratio in the transmission as the Model S. 9:1. A lot of assumptions here, though.

The Rimac is more powerful, yet it doesn’t come anywhere close to the performance figure claims of the Roadster.

[aaaaah]

Originally Posted by Sedoy

Tesla advertised 10,000 Nm torque, which is around 7,375 ft lbs. Not really sure where you got 800 ft lbs.

He says it right in his comment that he is assuming a 9:1 reduction ratio.

Tesla is providing a torque output at the wheels. For our cars it is a multiplication of the gear ratio by diff ratio multiplied by the engine torque.

[RM7]

Originally Posted by bimmer456

Max Plaid comes after Ludicrous (it is a pop culture reference from the movie Spaceballs.) . There will likely be a Maximum Plaid option in the drop down menu after Ludicrous Plus.

Sure, but how will you stop?

[Sedoy]

Agree, assuming current reduction gear ratio of 9.73 to 1. But Roadster will be triple motor, so they can change reduction ratios for those motors.

Originally Posted by aaaaah

He says it right in his comment that he is assuming a 9:1 reduction ratio.

Tesla is providing a torque output at the wheels. For our cars it is a multiplication of the gear ratio by diff ratio multiplied by the engine torque.

[hi_officer]

Sound is such an important part of my car choices. This literally has the same sound as a blender.

So far, I think EVs can make great daily drivers but pure EV sports cars will have an uphill battle when deriving emotions with their customers.

[Red Bread]

Originally Posted by hi_officer

Sound is such an important part of my car choices. This literally has the same sound as a blender.

So far, I think EVs can make great daily drivers but pure EV sports cars will have an uphill battle when deriving emotions with their customers.

Turbos already decimated sound. And recent trends have been magazine numbers over actual driving enjoyment, EVs play right into that.

There will remain a diminishing fleet of fun, involving cars, but there will be an ever growing pool of wildly capable, but uninvolving wonder cars.

[aaaaah]

Originally Posted by Red Bread

Turbos already decimated sound. And recent trends have been magazine numbers over actual driving enjoyment, EVs play right into that.

There will remain a diminishing fleet of fun, involving cars, but there will be an ever growing pool of wildly capable, but uninvolving wonder cars.

I've actually decided myself that direct injection is responsible for killing engine notes.

if you think of the mid 90s turbo craze of Supra, Skyline, even F40 they all sounded good.

There must be an interesting acoustic change going on with direct injection. Even N/A engines these days rarely sound inspiring when compared to their immediate predecessor that didn't have DI.

[Hawkeye]

Originally Posted by JamesNoBrakes

Sure, but how will you stop?

Seems like a weird question from someone named JamesNoBrakes

[xQx]

Originally Posted by JamesNoBrakes

Sure, but how will you stop?

same way the starship enterprise does - reverse the polarity of the warp drive.

I might sound like I'm kidding, but I'm not - an electric motor theoretically has the same "regenerative" breaking force as it does accelerating force.

[jmg]

Originally Posted by JamesNoBrakes

Sure, but how will you stop?

Your username is fitting.

[bimmer456]

Originally Posted by JamesNoBrakes

Sure, but how will you stop?

Regen braking.

[RM7]

I think you’ll be going too fast to stop, you’ll have to slow down first.

[AW335TT]

Originally Posted by JsL

I don't have insider knowledge, but with everything moving to Turbos, I think it's the sad truth.

Who knows... Ferrari's next flagship model might be turbo, no more glorious 6+ liter V12...

Ferrari is going to use hybrid tech on its V12 engines, no turbos.

[Chihuahua]

Originally Posted by JamesNoBrakes

Sure, but how will you stop?

The big red "EMERGENCY STOP - NEVER USE" button.