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Not prior poster, but mass is detrimental to almost every aspect of the driving experience. Heavy cars accelerate slower, brake longer, turn worse, and wear tires more quickly than an equivalent car that's lighter.



By that logic the Tesla cars would be losing all the races, but they does not - they win.

Did you consider that your experience with ICE cars does not apply directly to BEV cars?


What are these track events that Teslas are winning? They're horrible track cars. A plain Jane 911 will walk all over them on a road course.

https://www.quora.com/How-does-a-Tesla-perform-on-a-track

https://insideevs.com/expected-tesla-model-s-fails-lap-nurbu...

http://www.thedrive.com/news/5207/this-video-reminds-us-that...

To be clear: I think the Model S is a fine, if overpriced, road car. I daily a LEAF and like it; I am no electric hater.

However, performance of all-battery cars is compromised as compared to lighter cars; it's that pesky physics thing...


A "plain Jane" $200,000 purpose-built track car will easily beat a $100,000 electric luxury car, that comes as a huge surprise to absolutely no one.

https://www.motortrend.com/news/tesla-model-s-p85d-drag-race...


no, a base 911 is about $30,000 cheaper than the fastest model s and will easily wreck it on a track. the tesla can certainly beat it in a drag race, though.


> A "plain Jane" $200,000 purpose-built track car will easily beat a $100,000 electric luxury car

A plain Jane 911 is neither $200K nor a purpose-built track car.




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