palmermd
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TomT said:I have an invitation... It should be fun!
does that include room for a guest? Oh, how I wish I could be there!
TomT said:I have an invitation... It should be fun!
smkettner said:I read a leak story that it was D for dual motors and 4 second 0-60 time.
LTLFTcomposite said:There's probably been times that ICE car designers wished they could put two engines in a car, one for acceleration and another for efficient highway MPG.
LTLFTcomposite said:If there's any significant increase in range due to improved efficiency that will be significant.
There's probably been times that ICE car designers wished they could put two engines in a car, one for acceleration and another for efficient highway MPG.
LTLFTcomposite said:If there's any significant increase in range due to improved efficiency that will be significant. There's probably been times that ICE car designers wished they could put two engines in a car, one for acceleration and another for efficient highway MPG.
I love the Internet. Comments had me literally ROFL. No, it wasn't intentional. Glad I didn't mention the other letter!
TomT said:The improvement in efficiency brought about by reducing the size of an ICE comes primarily from reduced pumping losses (the engine is acting as a vacuum pump) and to a lesser extent from reduced friction. (Note that pumping loss does not apply to a diesel.) The same does not apply to an electric motor and the efficiency gains would be extremely small...
LTLFTcomposite said:If there's any significant increase in range due to improved efficiency that will be significant. There's probably been times that ICE car designers wished they could put two engines in a car, one for acceleration and another for efficient highway MPG.
pkulak said:The benefit I could see would not be from gearing the front motor up, but gearing the back motor down. Where it has a max speed of 120 mph now, make it only run up to 70 or 80 instead.
TomT said:It would make no significant difference in efficiency... Electric motors simply do not work that way...
pkulak said:The benefit I could see would not be from gearing the front motor up, but gearing the back motor down. Where it has a max speed of 120 mph now, make it only run up to 70 or 80 instead.
cdub said:Although Elon's next tweet:
I love the Internet. Comments had me literally ROFL. No, it wasn't intentional. Glad I didn't mention the other letter!
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/517509858971504640" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
that makes me think the other letter is the X. D... X... D...X...D...X
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