Re:GM sells out first year of electric Hummer production
by bryanlarsen on Thursday October 22, 2020 @11:37AM
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> There's zero reason for a car to accelerate to 60MPH in 3 seconds
For an electric motor driven by batteries, the primary cost of a high power system is the ability to push lots of current to the motor. The motor itself is relatively cheap.
Any electric car that has the ability to charge quickly also has the ability to discharge quickly, to deliver lots of power to the motor.
Fast-charging is the cake, insane 0-60 times are the icing.
Re:GM sells out first year of electric Hummer production
by brianwawok on Thursday October 22, 2020 @12:47PM
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You can use Chill mode if you don't want the speed.
The marketing brand for Hummers is girth and power, male sexual machismo in car form, and that isn't changing at all. Nobody evaluates their proxy phallus in terms of fuel consumption. They do it in terms of manly things like horsepower, towing capacity, and taking up a lot of space so that the whole world notices you. Electric vehicle marketing has been all over the "MOAR POWAR!" angle from the very beginning. There's zero reason for a car to accelerate to 60MPH in 3 seconds, but here we are with every electric tank advertising that it flies like a bullet.