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Re:Volvo Cars Adopts Tesla's NACS Port in the United States,... by rootusrootus on Tuesday June 27, 2023 @01:48PM (#36496294)
> no other manufacturer outside of Porsche (with BMW making some minor inroads) has electric cars close to as fast.

Off the top of my head, the Ford Mach-E GT and the Kia EV6 GT are also sub-4 second cars.

I expect the blinding acceleration to become just a feature most EVs have some version of. Even the Bolt is pretty quick for a compliance car (nearly as fast as a VW GTI, the quintessential hot hatch).

Personally, having owned a Model 3 Performance, I finally figured out that there was such a thing as too much power. It's a great party trick, but as a practical matter I think I'm quite happy with anything sub-5 second.

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Re:Volvo Cars Adopts Tesla's NACS Port in the United States,... by gorpy7 on Tuesday June 27, 2023 @04:57PM (#36498539)
the plaid, i believe, is sub 2s. it is a vanguard product. i believe they use the same motor in the semi- so, in hindsight, they started with impractical fun but had an eye on practical power down the way. This is rather smart, no?
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