Take a Model S

>good luck finding a place to do it

supercars with top speeds of 215+ have literally no purpose of having speeds that fast, because almost nowhere on earth can you get that fast. but we still do it

part of the problem is that you can only draw so much current from the batteries before the motor literally melts

to make it even heavier? great idea.

Do you know how an electric motor works?

>but the torque kept blowing up the gearbox
you should only be allowed to post here after passing a 7th grade physics test.

But the sl65 produces torque on a curve, the tesla would produce maximum torque at 0rpm and that sort of sudden slam is more than the gearbox can take

It's not like every time you step on the gas you're dumping it off a transbrake

apparently not

If a drag transmission can hold back 3000hp with a transbrake then even a shitty Chinese transmission would handle the Tesla's blender motors. But Musk is a kike and is just trying to make as much profit as possible. Though most people rarely go above 200kph so it doesn't really need gears.

>Tesla
>Missing sales targets quarter after quarter
>All that investment in Utah-opia
>Profitability

Lel.

You know teslas a have 4 individual motors, one for each wheel, right?

>elon musk is a kike for not adding this feature that literally nobody wants and is totally impractical

ok

but muh marketing. buy our stocks goy, t-they will skyrocket in the next 5 years!

The rear motors are coupled together into a gearbox and differential, same with the front motors. So no, it doesn't have a motor for each wheel.

Yeah adding range and speed is totally impractical!

>this is high tech engineering according to hipsters
l fucking mao

>not owning tesla stock

it's like you enjoy being poor

why don't you show us the 5 year graph :^)

ok

Weird, I always thought they had four. Same logic applies though.

They could modulate the torque with electronics the SL65 probably does this

thats what you think, there are pleanty of highways to speed on

because almost nowhere on earth can you get that fast.

>He's never been to Saskatchewan.

bump

>>add a 2-speed gearbox
They tried this in the prototypes. Wanna know why it didn't make production?
Because the thing kept fucking breaking.

Tesla is going to be a crazy car company in 10 years time, they could make a super car that smashes Ferrari's, trucks with massive torque, 18 wheelers that self drive, let's hope their built quality goes up

Fuck Tesla

exonn mobil is giving out raises i see

the original roadster concept was a two speed retard. kept exploding so they went to a one speed.

go back to /ovg/ you idiot

t. exxon mobil shill

>AMG bi-turbo V12s aren't a thing
Your bait is shit, desu.

What the fuck do you think happens in an sl65 amg when youre rolling at 80 and you pin the throttle? You get a kickdown and you basically dropping the transmission into gear when the engine is at peak torque

This.

>friendly reminder the Sl65 produces 1000Nm of torque
>friendly reminder the Q7 V12 TDI produces also 1000Nm of torque

nah, Tesla's target is the mid-low market
might not seem like it now, but
>release Model S, pretty normal luxury sedan only it's electric and costs $100k for the top spec
>miles ahead of everyone else technology-wise, even if the car was shit they would've immediately cornered the high-end market
>then go for Model X, basically the Model S but with a bit more utility, a bit more exclusivity and a bit more luxury for a bit more money
>meanwhile everyone else is catching up in the high-end market
>so you start teasing the Model 3, a $30k alternative to the Nissan Leaf and other completely shit low-end electrics
>everyone is already riding your electric cock, so it's like the best thing ever, now all the hip less-rich normies can have a Tesla as well
>and once Porsche, McLaren, Mercedes, etc. all come out with their own luxury/performance electrics, Tesla will lose a massive chunk of the high-end market, but nobody else is making something in the low-end that you'd ever actually want

You're not rich until you sell, friendo.

>electric can't fast

popularmechanics.com/cars/hybrid-electric/a22978/new-electric-vehicle-speed-record/

also white zombie and killacycle, they switch from series to parallel (or vice versa) and it serves the same function as shifting gears.

>diesel fiat

>How would you like your tesla mileage Senpai?
>Just fuck my shit up

>How would you like your tesla mileage Senpai?
>Just fuck my shit up

>electric can't fast
nobody ever said that
that's basically the only thing they are good at
going fast, for a short time

But it's not instant torque. with an electric car the rapid torque changes are what was killing the transmissions.

They were originally going for a 2 speed in the roadster btw

they could tune the motors to feed in the torque slowly to preserve the box. fuck tesla

yeah but then you wouldn't be doing 0-60 in sub 3s

Tesla can't even make working door handles expecting them to understand gearboxes is just daft.

Because they used cheap shit, just like their interiors

wat? tesla interior is nice

Yeah but in the roadster that would have lost the edge the car might have had. Anyway, I know they did tons of work trying to make it work but they eventually dropped it.