How does "fast torque" help traction?

"probablyshoulduseafakename" (probablyshoulduseafakename) 04/03/2016 at 17:55 • Filed to: None

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CompactLuxuryFan > probablyshoulduseafakename 04/03/2016 at 18:01

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Fast torque *response*. Electric motors can more finely and quickly adjust power output than ICEs, making traction control more effective at maintaining grip.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > probablyshoulduseafakename 04/03/2016 at 18:03

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String all the buzzwords you can together and it’ll be fine.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > probablyshoulduseafakename 04/03/2016 at 18:03

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If anything, I would imagine a more gradual application of torque is better for traction.

Tom McParland > probablyshoulduseafakename 04/03/2016 at 18:05

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Kicked in yo!

scoob > probablyshoulduseafakename 04/03/2016 at 18:06

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Because it’s dynamic and intelligent and cutting-edge and dynamic and intuitive and adaptive and dyyynaaamiiic .

Nauraushaun > CompactLuxuryFan 04/03/2016 at 18:08

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That makes sense.

I was thinking about how hard it would be to manage quicker torque response with your right foot on ice. But that isn’t the point, the traction control is.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > scoob 04/03/2016 at 18:08

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RESPONSE

Shankems > probablyshoulduseafakename 04/03/2016 at 18:09

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Traction control programming along with electric motors will allow them to have a much finer and immediate control over wheel slip than with a gas engine?

DrJohannVegas > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 04/03/2016 at 18:16

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Tires do counter-intuitive things like that because they deform and are springy. Check out ’big bang’ motorcycle racing engines for this taken to a design limit.

probablyshoulduseafakename > CompactLuxuryFan 04/03/2016 at 18:21

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I know electric motors have lots of torque and fast response, but doesn't traction control work with the brakes?

probablyshoulduseafakename > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 04/03/2016 at 18:22

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That's what I thought too

probablyshoulduseafakename > Shankems 04/03/2016 at 18:25

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I thought traction control worked mainly with brakes, therefore gas or electricity wasn't going to make a difference

HammerheadFistpunch > probablyshoulduseafakename 04/03/2016 at 18:26

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With an extremely responsive powertrain you can modulate traction without brakes,

BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest. > probablyshoulduseafakename 04/03/2016 at 18:28

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Traction control doesn’t do anything with the brakes.

Shankems > probablyshoulduseafakename 04/03/2016 at 18:31

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Traction control is usually done by cutting power, stability control typically uses the brakes.

LongbowMkII > probablyshoulduseafakename 04/03/2016 at 18:36

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So when does tesla offer a drift button?

If I’m spending 35k on a small car in 2018 it's coming with a drift button.

Nick Has an Exocet > probablyshoulduseafakename 04/03/2016 at 19:11

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It’s fairly obvious that he’s talking about how fast the electric motors are able to respond to traction control computers.

RyanFrew > probablyshoulduseafakename 04/03/2016 at 20:04

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I know that in the Model S P85D that I drove, in spite of its quickness, it was remarkably difficult to break traction. I think that the power delivery of an electric car probably makes it easier to execute well on traction control. “Fast torque response” seems like an odd way of phrasing it, though.

Rico > Nick Has an Exocet 04/03/2016 at 20:06

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Bingo, as usual Twitter isn't the clearest way to convey info.

DipodomysDeserti > probablyshoulduseafakename 04/03/2016 at 21:04

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Torque is Force x Distance which is also work. Power is work/time. So, fast torque would mean more power.