Mercedes Makes Better Performance a $1,200 Subscription in Its EVs

Re:Mercedes Makes Better Performance a $1,200 Subscription i... by brookst on Monday November 21, 2022 @10:04AM (#33693310)

At drag strips, yes. But there have always been faster straight-line cars.

The EQE weighs 5300lbs. The EQS weighs 6200lbs. It is amazing and impressive how quickly they can accelerate, but inertia is still a thing and those things are not going to be even remotely nimble.

By comparison, the 911 at its heaviest (AWD, convertible) is 3800lbs. A porker for sure, but most configs are closer to 3400lbs.

And a Porsche Cayman weighs between 3000 - 3200lbs depending on trim.

Unless/until batteries get a lot lighter, even heavy GTs don’t have a lot to be nervous about in the fun-to-drive category.

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Re:Mercedes Makes Better Performance a $1,200 Subscription i... by someweirdperson on Monday November 21, 2022 @10:38AM (#33693745)

With EVs that 500+ hp fun ends 15 minutes later with a break to recharge. That's pretty much useless in any case.

A fun EV would first of all be non-SUV but low air drag, non-luxury, non anything that's not needed to move. But even that would only provide higher possible cruising speeds compared to other EVs, but still inferior to ICEs.

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Re:Mercedes Makes Better Performance a $1,200 Subscription i... by brookst on Monday November 21, 2022 @11:03AM (#33694047)

Yeah, two dimensions there: useful time at high power, and cornering ability / agility.

Time isn’t a huge concern to me at least. Typical sports cars get maybe 50-100 miles on a tank of gas at a track day, and breaks are nice anyway. Even spirited driving on mountain roads isn’t nearly that tough; you can’t use 500hp all that often.

But that weight…. Ugh. I’m interested to see the new Tesla roadster, but it’s probably still >4000lbs. And weight just takes the fun out of anything.

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