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Re:Flood of Oil Is Coming, Complicating Efforts to Fight Glo... by bryanlarsen on Tuesday November 05, 2019 @08:50AM (#21452304)
> Nurburgring

Where Tesla just put down a 7:13

> torque curve

What's the Duramax's torque at 0 RPM?

Re:Flood of Oil Is Coming, Complicating Efforts to Fight Glo... by semi-extrinsic on Thursday November 07, 2019 @03:51PM (#21477125)
Tesla did a 7:23 in a heavily modified testing vehicle that has big extra air intakes for cooling, racing slicks, a massive rear diffuser, bigger spoiler, and is believed to have 3 engines.

For comparison, a front-wheel-drive stock Renault Megane RS does 7:40. Mercedes did 7:25 in a stock 4-door coupe last year, the AMG GT 63S. The stock supercars are down below the 7:00 mark mostly.

In the non-stock category, the record is 5:19 by one of Porsche's modified LMP1 cars.

If you look up how a stall speed converter works, you'll see that an automatic transmission delivers torque at a non-zero engine RPM even if the wheels are at zero RPM. The lowest you will go on the Duramax is around 1000 RPM, where you get 600 Nm torque.