Цитат од Jonny Leberman од Motortrend во врска со новата Tesla Roadster и нејзините 10.000 НМ.
The 2020 Tesla Roadster. Emphasis on 2020, as in it's still 2017. The claims are 0-60 mph in 1.9 seconds, quarter-mile in 8.8 seconds, top speed of 250 mph, battery range of 620 miles, and a "wheel-torque" figure of 7,376 pound-feet. That last bit is of course ABSURD. Those who remember the Audi R8 e-tron Concept will remember it had a claimed torque output of 3,320 pound-feet. But that number is a multiplication of torque via a set of gears, rather than the actual output from the electric motors. In other words, don't believe the hype/BS. Actual torque for this Tesla concept? Seeing as how the Audi's actual torque output was 502 lb-ft (once you grilled the engineers hard enough), I'm guessing that this Roadster will be something like 1,100 lb-ft. Very impressive, but come on. Just because some people will believe anything doesn't mean we all will. That said, this will then be the first Tesla since the original Roadster to have a transmission. That two-speed transmission lasted about three months if memory serves. Then got replaced by a one-speed. Anyhow, check back here in 3 to 5 years and I'll let you know how it drives.
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A couple more thoughts on Tesla's fanciful/farcical 7,376 lb-ft of "wheel torque" claim. I was standing there when our man @christopher_walton popped off a 2.28 0-60 run in the Model S P100D, a vehicle that makes 792 lb-ft of torque. Tesla is now saying that a 12-fold increase in torque will net the (lighter) Roadster a 0.4 second bump in 0-60 time? Come on. Again, this CONCEPT car's three motors probably make a combined 1,100 lb-ft of torque: a solid number. But why the big fib? A top fuel dragster makes about 7,400 lb-ft of torque and runs the quarter-mile in 3 seconds. Again, Audi pulled this same funny math dance almost a decade ago with the R8 e-tron Concept (3,200-ish lb-ft of "wheel torque" turned out to actually be 502 torques when you're talking about actual motor output. I don't get it either.
