A few days ago, Tesla introduced two new additions to its battery electric vehicle line-up – the all-new Roadster and Semi truck. The former is likely the more interesting of the two for most people, partly because of some mind-boggling figures.
The most talked about is of course how fast it accelerates, with Tesla claiming a zero to 97 km/h (0-60 mph) sprint being done and dusted in just 1.9 seconds, while zero to 161 km/h (0-100 mph) takes just 4.2 seconds.
While an official video demonstrating these feats have yet to be posted by the Palo Alto-based company, a few guests that were present at the event had the chance to ride in the Roadster, and record their “first ride” moment.
In this video by David Ricci, we get to ride shotgun with him in the Roadster for a demonstration of the Roadster’s acceleration. The car comes with some novelty of course, and has a ‘Maximum Plaid’ mode, a homage to the 1987 comedy film Space Balls starring Mel Brooks. You’ll see the “plaid” in action on the large touchscreen during the demo.
Of course, there’s no way to confirm Tesla’s claims (yet), as the video doesn’t show a speedometer, tachometer or any other points of reference. It sure looks quick though, and this is reportedly just a prototype of the car that commands a US$50,000 (RM207,465) booking fee.
Exact specifications are still under wraps, but the Roadster is said to feature a 200 kWh battery, double the capacity of the Model S P100D. Wheel torque is rated at 10,000 Nm, six times more than what Bugatti Chiron can offer, and there’s a claimed all-electric range of 998 km, or 620 miles.
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That is absolutely insane for a road car. If that was what the numbers end up being. Test driver was right to say nothing even comes close, even the FXX.
That is quicker than modern day F1 “spaceships”.
Certainly a rarefied field reserved for jet fighter pilots on full burn takeoff…or an 8 second NHRA Super Stock race car.
Had a shotgun ride on one of those 8 second cars and scared the shit out of me. Makes my own 13s car feel like a sunday drive to the shops.
13s…wow. Mann I think manufacturers should stop making slow ass cars that take more than 10s to reach highway speed(Ahem, dinosaur gearbox with N.A). Cause they are unable to pick up speed quick enough when doing lane cutting or highway merger thus hogging the lane or even causing an accident- lead to traffic jam. The owner of the car thot they are accelerating quickly with loud engine revving above 4000rpm but car is still crawling…
not sure whether u are being sarcastic or stupid, but 13s is the quarter mile time.
The 2015 Red Bull F1 went 0-60 mph in 1.7 secs and get this, 0-190 mph in under 10 secs. Rally cars can get 0-60 mph in 1.9 secs, with a combination of being lightweight, fancy AWD system and good ol’ horsepower. All of those are not road legal though, so if the new Tesla Roadster can really go 0-60 under 2 secs, it’s still very impressive.
Holly Shit !! With that kind of PERFORMANCE, I’m interested to know what tires Tesla is using to perform this stunt & what kind of ‘G’ is generated from this run ?? There must be lots of screeching & fighting for grips.