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Re:1.461 seconds from 0 to 100km/h: students break accelerat... by Animats on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @03:15PM (#33181669)
Wheel spinning and burning rubber?

Electrics going for maximum acceleration usually don't do that, because once the wheel is spinning relative to the pavement, friction is reduced and there's less acceleration. Watch videos of Teslas in launch mode.

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Re:1.461 seconds from 0 to 100km/h: students break accelerat... by robocat on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @07:22PM (#33185106)
> burning rubber

The burning rubber is to heat the tyre rubber to get the rubber to maximum adhesion, just before doing the run.

> Wheel spinning

Maximum acceleration occurs with some tyre slip - spinning a little but not a lot: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Masayoshi-Tomizuka/publ... https://www.google.co.nz/search?q=tire+adhesion+versus+slip+...

I am guessing you know that, but just clarifying.

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Re:1.461 seconds from 0 to 100km/h: students break accelerat... by antonvs on Saturday October 15, 2022 @03:46AM (#33212711)
Did you watch the video? They do exactly that.
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