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You may have heard about Tesla's "insane mode," which accelerates a sedan from 0 to 60 mph in a mindboggling 3.2 seconds. But Tesla is already moving ahead with something even better: A "ludicrous mode" that sends you from 0 to 60 in 2.8 seconds.
Shaving off half a second may not sound like much. But the $10,000 option on the Model S shows off some of the advances in battery technology that Tesla is building into its newer cars. Under ludicrous speed, said Musk, the car will accelerate at 1.1 times the force of gravity.
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The Model S is also getting a battery capacity upgrade from 85 kilowatt-hours to 90 kWh, an increase of around 6 percent that will cost existing owners about $3,000 if they choose to upgrade. Not everyone should be upgrading every year, though, as Tesla expects to add around 5 percent capacity to its batteries every year on average. That translates to a roughly 5 percent annual increase in range. Musk said he expects most customers to upgrade batteries once every three to four years.
Not too much longer before "range anxiety" becomes an ICE problem.
Original Submission
(Score: 3, Insightful) by BasilBrush on Sunday July 19 2015, @12:06AM
Of course I have. And we stop half way for a pee and a meal. Why on earth would you suffer 7 hours of sitting in a car without a break when you are on vacation. It makes no sense.
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(Score: 3, Insightful) by urza9814 on Monday July 20 2015, @02:41PM
Stopping for a meal still may not be enough time to fully charge the battery...plus then you're stuck eating at the charging station. Needs some infrastructure build-out first.
As for why spend so long in the car on vacation -- to get it over with and actually start the vacation! Who wants to spend the first whole day or two of vacation just driving? Let the kids pass out in the back seat and just drive until you get there...and hope you make it before they wake up ;)