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Re:Tesla Roadster by cheeze on Friday November 17, 2017 @03:55AM (#15720318)
Teslas don't need gears since they use electric motors. So there is literally no time spent shifting gears.

See https://www.quora.com/Why-don%E2%80%99t-Tesla-cars-need-a-ge...

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Re:Tesla Roadster by gsnedders on Friday November 17, 2017 @04:06AM (#15720373)
The original Veyron could change gears in 8ms, and will, IIRC hit 60 in 2nd. Changing gear isn't going to be a considerable part of the time here.
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Re:Tesla Roadster by PeterisP on Friday November 17, 2017 @05:43AM (#15720864)
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugatti_Veyron states that the original Veyron gearbox could change gears in 150ms, so it is a considerable part of the time.
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Re:Tesla Roadster by wazoox on Friday November 17, 2017 @05:56AM (#15720931)
While the gear are shifting the engine RPM must go down then up; the 8ms figure certainly doesn't account for the complete sequence.
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Re:Tesla Roadster by glandium on Friday November 17, 2017 @07:20AM (#15721386)
The Veyron does 70 in first gear. I don't know if its 0-60 times require a gear change or not.
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