"Tom McParland" (tommcparland)
03/25/2014 at 12:48 • Filed to: Tesla, Tuner Cars
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"Tom McParland" (tommcparland)
03/25/2014 at 12:48 • Filed to: Tesla, Tuner Cars | 2
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Hopefully there will be some battery boost to go with the visual add-ons. Could be the start of a new generation of hacker hot-rods. !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!
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> Tom McParland
03/25/2014 at 12:58 |
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There is absolutely no performance improvement. Right now, they're a "tuner" without any actual tuning capability.
Mikeado
> Tom McParland
03/25/2014 at 12:59 |
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I am OK with this.
What would be awesome is if a tuner puts a second drivetrain in, on the front axle. Then you'd have an 800-horsepower AWD Panamera-destroyer that doesn't use any petrol!
Let's assume they can improve battery capacity at the same time......
HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
> Tom McParland
03/25/2014 at 13:03 |
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eh. I think making performance oriented electrics is a waste, that's one of the reasons why the S is doing so much better than the Roadster. I'd love an electric car as a DD, but I like my speed with the sound of a combustion engine, and a few gears to shift through.
Range, and price are the things that need to improve on electrics. Price mainly. if people could be a decent looking electric with the 2-300 mile range of a Tesla for 25-30k it would sell like hotcakes.
The Fusion Engeri is about the closest thing we have know price wise, but it's EV range is only about 30 miles
Looking for the EV range of the current Volt I found this
http://www.dailytech.com/GM+Could+Relea…
Luc - The Acadian Oppo
> Tom McParland
03/25/2014 at 13:06 |
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Regardless if there is a performance upgrade or not this thing looks amazing.
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Luc - The Acadian Oppo
> HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
03/25/2014 at 13:12 |
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I could agree with you more(on the second paragraph).if they made a 30K electric with 200+ mile range they could not make them fast enough. that would change the car buying game drastically. but as it is now at 30-35k with a 75 mile range it is hard to choose an electric over a conventional combustion engined car. until they can get 180-200 mile range on all electric cars this technology will not catch on.
No one would be a Model S if it only had a 100 mile range I don't think.
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HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
> Luc - The Acadian Oppo
03/25/2014 at 15:35 |
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no i wouldn't buy an electric car if it had a range of less than 200 miles, unless it had a Fisker like range extending generator motor. I remember reading a while ago that Madza was working on a range extended EV Mazda2 with a like .6l single rotor engine as a generator. i thin the battery+like 4 gallon gas tank range was a few hundred miles.
Fuel_of_Satan
> HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles
03/25/2014 at 17:51 |
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In every theory I can imagine more power out at the wheels would require more power consumption. If they somehow manage to make the batteries store more juice, there is probably a market for that as a stand-alone product already.
I know the level of sophistication is very different, but I've had loads of fun with old electric wheelchairs and buggys by strapping on more batteries and increasing the voltage, effectively doubling the power by doubling the voltage. Likely at the cost of durability, but these things get scary long before they break.
It'll be more complicated than jackstrapping a few batteries to the footplates of an electric buggy, but not by much.