What kind of performance would the Tesla have

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Some seriously STOUT powertrains there Luc. I don't know enough about what's really involved to knock any 1:1 electrics... I'm just so tired of seeing these "breakthrough" EVs that just always fall short in one area or another. Tesla's claim is 200+ miles, but Top Gear ran it dry in 55. Evidently there have been successful tests of 230+ miles, but I wonder if it can deliver that consistently. Going to a single speed may be great for simplicity and durability, but at the cost of some efficiency maybe??

What the hell are you supposed to do when a few cells get weak, or crap out entirely... buy a whole new pack?!

Seems to me they should be using the largest (not neccessarily highest discharge) lipo cells available, and make it 'modular' - so that cells can be individually tested or changed.

In focusing on performance, they actually did a bad thing IMO. This is not the EV most EV-inclined customers are looking for. They should look into a more practical (yes, slower) vehicle if they REALLY want to turn the internal combustion world on it's ear.

The SSC EV looks SO much more promising, but again a niche market. It's almost as if they made a blind leap from dull and lame EV- to Uber EV, completely missing the middle-market buyers. Where is the electric for the common man???

Almost as if the dinosaur petrochems are still calling the shots.... tyuh.