Supercar blown away.

bluesport · 29 Oct 2015, 05:00 (Ref:3586319)

Blown into the weeds!

https://www.youtube.com/embed/6eGhjhx8O9M?rel=0

**Woolley** · 29 Oct 2015, 13:44 (Ref:3586400)

Give them a few dozen laps and include refuelling stops might be a different story.

Can an electric vehicle actually get from any Australian city to another one on a single charge?

Ospi · 29 Oct 2015, 13:56 (Ref:3586402)

They're the future without a doubt, very impressive vehicle. Hurts a bit seeing our engine get smashed by an electric car though.

naca · 29 Oct 2015, 13:57 (Ref:3586404)

That looked like a pretty average start too. Don't think the tyres where the normal dunlops either (which could be a good thing).

Bell_End · 29 Oct 2015, 13:59 (Ref:3586406)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Woolley

Give them a few dozen laps and include refuelling stops might be a different story.

Can an electric vehicle actually get from any Australian city to another one on a single charge?

About as good as it gets for official charging stations, unless you pack a generator.

http://rac.com.au/news-community/env...ctric-vehicles

falcon hell · 29 Oct 2015, 14:43 (Ref:3586420)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bell_End

About as good as it gets for official charging stations, unless you pack a generator.

http://rac.com.au/news-community/env...ctric-vehicles

O, the irony of burning fuel in your generator to power your electric vehicle...

Tourer · 29 Oct 2015, 19:45 (Ref:3586472)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Woolley

Give them a few dozen laps and include refuelling stops might be a different story.

Can an electric vehicle actually get from any Australian city to another one on a single charge?

Give them a full quarter mile and it'd be a different story too. Impressive from the Tesla, no doubt about it though.

In regard to getting from one city to another here in Oz on a single charge - nah. I think that the best of the EV crowd is a 450km or so range, that'd get them about half way on the shortest hop between cities.

chavez · 29 Oct 2015, 19:52 (Ref:3586474)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tourer

Give them a full quarter mile and it'd be a different story too. Impressive from the Tesla, no doubt about it though.

In regard to getting from one city to another here in Oz on a single charge - nah. I think that the best of the EV crowd is a 450km or so range, that'd get them about half way on the shortest hop between cities.

Aren't Geelong, Wollongong and Newcastle cities?

Don't see any issue driving from Melbourne to Geelong or from Sydney to Wollongong or Newcastle.

STEALTHY · 29 Oct 2015, 20:47 (Ref:3586481)

Quote:

Originally Posted by falcon hell

O, the irony of burning fuel in your generator to power your electric vehicle...

How do you think the power is supplied at dealers or your home to charge the car? I'll give you a hint, its not with the sun

Lanky Turtle · 29 Oct 2015, 21:03 (Ref:3586483)

In a roundabout way, most electric things are still powered by coal!

bluesport · 29 Oct 2015, 22:10 (Ref:3586488)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Woolley

Give them a few dozen laps and include refuelling stops might be a different story.

Can an electric vehicle actually get from any Australian city to another one on a single charge?

Graphene is an improvement.

http://www.graphenea.com/blogs/graph...ower-our-world

Armco Bender · 29 Oct 2015, 23:12 (Ref:3586498)

Only racing against Holdens though,I could out drag a Holden riding on a donkey.

db120176 · 29 Oct 2015, 23:15 (Ref:3586500)

Quote:

Originally Posted by STEALTHY

How do you think the power is supplied at dealers or your home to charge the car? I'll give you a hint, its not with the sun

Most power suppliers offer a 'green power' option generated by renewable energy sources, but will charge you more for it. I guess it's a matter of how committed to the concept the purchaser is

STEALTHY · 29 Oct 2015, 23:18 (Ref:3586502)

Quote:

Originally Posted by db120176

Most power suppliers offer a 'green power' option generated by renewable energy sources, but will charge you more for it. I guess it's a matter of how committed to the concept the purchaser is

So you think if you tick that box, your power suddenly comes from the sun/wind? Thats cute!

peckstar · 30 Oct 2015, 00:15 (Ref:3586517)

Quote:

Originally Posted by STEALTHY

So you think if you tick that box, your power suddenly comes from the sun/wind? Thats cute!

With you on this one

apparently there is a special wire in your electricity cable that allows only wind or solar energy to travel on

wnut · 30 Oct 2015, 01:38 (Ref:3586529)

Try a Subaru or Mitsubishi Lancer Evo.

peckstar · 30 Oct 2015, 02:11 (Ref:3586538)

Quote:

Originally Posted by wnut

Try a Subaru or Mitsubishi Lancer Evo.

would you really think they made a difference?

Still lacking the launch the tesla has

bluesport · 30 Oct 2015, 03:13 (Ref:3586552)

Quote:

Originally Posted by peckstar

would you really think they made a difference?

Still lacking the launch the tesla has

The Tesla makes the latest offering from holden look very lame indeed.

wnut · 30 Oct 2015, 04:00 (Ref:3586558)

Quote:

Originally Posted by peckstar

would you really think they made a difference?

Still lacking the launch the tesla has

The Suby and Lancer are faster 1/4 milers than the Holden, and launch much harder, so they would have to be the challengers as fastest 4 door sedans?

Don't know what distance the comparison was run over, but the launch of the Holden in the video of the first comparison was pedestrian to say the least.

Don't know if the would beat the Tesla, but you would at least need a professional drag racer to put the cars down a strip to tell.

Tourer · 30 Oct 2015, 05:30 (Ref:3586564)

Quote:

Originally Posted by chavez

Aren't Geelong, Wollongong and Newcastle cities?

Don't see any issue driving from Melbourne to Geelong or from Sydney to Wollongong or Newcastle.

Yeah true, although most of the councils within the Melbourne metro area for example are "the city of ....." and then Ipswich is a city close to Brisbane etc.

I of course was thinking about capital cities but there's no denying that the killer for EVs in Australia is the lack of range for anyone who either drives to other capitals, out in extended country drives etc. Around each city itself, we're really no different to most cities around the world.

Tourer · 30 Oct 2015, 05:38 (Ref:3586565)

Quote:

Originally Posted by bluesport

The Tesla makes the latest offering from holden look very lame indeed.

Would be the same for most RWD conventional road cars I reckon - the electric motors really do deliver on acceleration and the AWD grip no doubt helped - both "conventional" cars in the video were clearly struggling to put the power down.

Quote:

Originally Posted by wnut

The Suby and Lancer are faster 1/4 milers than the Holden, and launch much harder, so they would have to be the challengers as fastest 4 door sedans?

Don't know what distance the comparison was run over, but the launch of the Holden in the video of the first comparison was pedestrian to say the least.

Don't know if the would beat the Tesla, but you would at least need a professional drag racer to put the cars down a strip to tell.

According to Motor Trend (Suby & Evo X) and Motor (W507) the Japanese cars are running mid 13s for the quarter mile and the W507 mid-low 12s, so they are in fact slower over the quarter. With AWD drive and the way they launch though, either of them may have been quicker that the Holden over the shorter distance in the video - it'd be an interesting comparison I reckon.

bludvl_x19 · 30 Oct 2015, 06:16 (Ref:3586569)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Woolley

Give them a few dozen laps and include refuelling stops might be a different story.

Can an electric vehicle actually get from any Australian city to another one on a single charge?

I don't think that you would need more than a lap, the supercar would more than likely out handle the Tesla and therefore catch up in the twisty bits.

Travelling between capital cities is definitely out of the question; Tesla do have a network of Supercharger stations between Sydney and Melbourne though.

Quote:

Originally Posted by wnut

Don't know what distance the comparison was run over, but the launch of the Holden in the video of the first comparison was pedestrian to say the least.

It was a little over 200m, maybe 215-220.

bluesport · 30 Oct 2015, 06:55 (Ref:3586573)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tourer

Yeah true, although most of the councils within the Melbourne metro area for example are "the city of ....." and then Ipswich is a city close to Brisbane etc.

I of course was thinking about capital cities but there's no denying that the killer for EVs in Australia is the lack of range for anyone who either drives to other capitals, out in extended country drives etc. Around each city itself, we're really no different to most cities around the world.

On tele they said that graphene batteries recharge very fast.........may be the way of the future if so.

Mixer · 30 Oct 2015, 10:38 (Ref:3586612)

Quote:

Originally Posted by db120176

Most power suppliers offer a 'green power' option generated by renewable energy sources, but will charge you more for it. I guess it's a matter of how committed to the concept the purchaser is

If you're living in Victoria, you're kidding yourself.

Your power company is going to "sell" you green power and the power you get is from coal.

Anyway an all wheel drive electric car being faster to 100km/h than a general purpose vehicle and racing car that both have gearing set for regular use and are RWD is hardly news.

**Woolley** · 30 Oct 2015, 13:36 (Ref:3586653)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Armco Bender

Only racing against Holdens though,I could out drag a Holden riding on a donkey.

A bit unfair on the donkey, asking it to carry a Holden...

Fast, low voltage charging batteries have to be the next big breakthrough, you'd think. Not just cars, the market for them is huge. Just imagine your mobile, camera or other consumer device needing no more than a small solar panel on it to fully recharge the battery in 10 minutes? Whoever can crack that is sitting on a fortune. Upscale it to a car and the potential is enormous.

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