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Re:Electric Vehicles’ Day Will Come, and It Might Come Suddenly by sokoloff on Sunday September 02, 2018 @11:15AM (#17897260)
What are these track events that Teslas are winning? They're horrible track cars. A plain Jane 911 will walk all over them on a road course.

https://www.quora.com/How-does-a-Tesla-perform-on-a-track

https://insideevs.com/expected-tesla-model-s-fails-lap-nurbu...

http://www.thedrive.com/news/5207/this-video-reminds-us-that...

To be clear: I think the Model S is a fine, if overpriced, road car. I daily a LEAF and like it; I am no electric hater.

However, performance of all-battery cars is compromised as compared to lighter cars; it's that pesky physics thing...

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Re:Electric Vehicles’ Day Will Come, and It Might Come Suddenly by freehunter on Sunday September 02, 2018 @11:33AM (#17897319)
A "plain Jane" $200,000 purpose-built track car will easily beat a $100,000 electric luxury car, that comes as a huge surprise to absolutely no one.

https://www.motortrend.com/news/tesla-model-s-p85d-drag-race...

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Re:Electric Vehicles’ Day Will Come, and It Might Come Suddenly by leetcrew on Sunday September 02, 2018 @12:38PM (#17897548)
no, a base 911 is about $30,000 cheaper than the fastest model s and will easily wreck it on a track. the tesla can certainly beat it in a drag race, though.
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Re:Electric Vehicles’ Day Will Come, and It Might Come Suddenly by sokoloff on Sunday September 02, 2018 @11:38AM (#17897342)
> A "plain Jane" $200,000 purpose-built track car will easily beat a $100,000 electric luxury car

A plain Jane 911 is neither $200K nor a purpose-built track car.

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