Psychopath Elon Musk announces ASSAULT VEHICLE that will do 0-100 in 4 seconds

"There were two breakthroughs that made electric motorcycles possible, Saiki says. First, the small, high-powered motors the military has been using for torpedoes were finally made available to the public sector. Then came powerful lithium-ion batteries, "about eight times more powerful per weight than typical lead acid batteries."

Now that the electric motorcycle is here, Saiki says, there will be all kinds on the market in the next five to 10 years. And they'll be just as powerful as their gasoline-powered counterparts." NPR

Lookout, they are here. shhhhhhh! Harley. Shhhhh!
 
Text Drivers are Killers said:
Are you insane??? Why do we make cars that will do twice the speed limit?. Why do we put internet access in cars.? The car makers design cars to get in crashes since that makes them more money. Car crashes mean car sales. THINK, you blithering idiot.
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The people who buy Tesla Roadsters probably can afford to get a membership at a racetrack to test out their cars full capabilities.

And most cars can do twice the speed limit. Even my shitty Mazda 626 could do 100mph. If you designed a car that *only* had the power to get up to 65mph, it would have extremely poor acceleration and such. Cars are intentionally overpowered for other reasons than hitting the max speed limit. And nobody wants a governor plate in there.
 
"high-powered motors the military has been using for torpedoes" M #21
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I thought they used compressed gas.
"Now that the electric motorcycle is here, Saiki says, there will be all kinds on the market in the next five to 10 years."
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Here's mine:

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It's a nice, versatile bike. It's a breeze for a 500 mile weekend excursion (Poughkeepsie & back).
But even this bike imparts range anxiety.

If I could find an electric bike that could match its performance, superb disc brake performance, 120 mile range or better w/ 70 MPH speed capability, I'd be on it like white on fresh snow.

But most motorcycles are designed and built for knuckle-dragging troglodytes.
"And they'll be just as powerful as their gasoline-powered counterparts." M
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That's only half the story.
"just as powerful" but with only 25% of the range?

They'll need viable performance.
If my machine doesn't have 120 mile range, I can't even use it to ride to town.

& as far as "just as powerful", I don't expect to see any electric bulldozers anytime soon. Diesel fuel has an excellent energy density, ideal for heavy equipment.
 
sear said:
Thanks R6,

I don't have a date, or source for the above, but found it interesting when I originally found it, however dated it may be. Any idea how long ago it was originally written?

The obvious question is, in the foreseeable future, will there ever be a self-contained electric (meaning not connected by cable to a nuclear power plant) that can beat such racers?

I'm guessing, with current battery technology, the energy density is simply too low.
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Probably written in 2006 or 2007. Kalitta was killed in 2008. in New Jersey and then NHRA reduced the length of the Top Fuel races to 1000ft because of the increasing speeds and short "shut down" lengths at some tracks (a few were built prior to 250 mph speeds).
Another fact some may not know is that Chrysler didn't invent the hemispherical head. It was invented by a Belgian car company in the 1890's, Pipe (without looking) I believe. First use in the U.S. of a hemispherical head was on a marine engine. Chrysler merely trademarked the name "Hemi," when they came out with the 426, but others (including Chrysler) used the design before that.
The superchargers are driven at different "boosts" (by changing pulleys) depending on altitude and the air's water density, and compression ratio is changed by different head gasket thicknesses. Oh, and the reason Funny Cars are now faster than the dragsters is that the dragsters reach 8500 rpm faster, so the Funny Cars can reach higher speeds since they are "pulling" longer.

As for electric dragsters, "Big Daddy" Don Garlits (see link below) ran an electric dragster in 2014 to 7.25@184 mph. I don't know if he still runs it, though.

There's no question electric motors deliver instantaneous torque and if a power source could be feasible, they'd be quicker. But, there's no substitute for the ground-pounding thunder of the Top Fuel engines and the smell of nitro fumes in the professional Top Fuel category. Electric motors would be boring, and the NHRA professional class would become extinct.
 
Micawber said:
Bullshit alert. If all that was true they wouldn't have the thing running and spinning before take off. Electric, instant, silent, clean, ��
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Maybe you can explain how you would get the tires to "hook up" with the instantaneous power of an electric motor and reach the times and speeds the Nitro classes do. Electric clutch?
Please, by all means, give us your expert analysis.
 
sear said:
"Psychopath Elon Musk" Chicken Little

Those that abuse the language as Chicken Little has here, damage the language by weakening it.
For if Elon Musk is a "psychopath", then aren't we all?
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Yeah - most people are psychopaths. We have 100 americans killed on the highways EVERY DAY because people love to speed and drive drunk and text drive and run red lights. You are a psychopath for defending this and also a hypocrite since you scream every time a handful of people are killed by a gun.
 
Cool 90's Kid said:
If you designed a car that *only* had the power to get up to 65mph, it would have extremely poor acceleration and such. Cars are intentionally overpowered for other reasons than hitting the max speed limit. And nobody wants a governor plate in there.
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That's a blatant lie. You can keep the acceleration and still limit a car to a top speed of say 65. You are an engineering ignoramus to think otherwise. All decent americans want governors on cars.
 
archives said:
But we also have mandatory seat belt laws, air bags, inspection requirements, registration, liscenses, liability insurance, etc., etc.,etc., guns, none of the above, we got to be the only developed nation in the world that makes it easy for a wannabe mass murderer to act out his wishes
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You want to have seat belts and air bags on a gun??
 
Cool 90's Kid said:
The people who buy Tesla Roadsters probably can afford to get a membership at a racetrack to test out their cars full capabilities.

And most cars can do twice the speed limit. Even my shitty Mazda 626 could do 100mph. If you designed a car that *only* had the power to get up to 65mph, it would have extremely poor acceleration and such. Cars are intentionally overpowered for other reasons than hitting the max speed limit. And nobody wants a governor plate in there.
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Once again, Watermark, you allow yourself to show your basic ignorance of things.

A "governor plate" does not limit how quickly it will reach it's top speed; but instead it limits what the top speed will be.
 
sear said:
U9 #31

Or both?
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If he's referring to the "restrictor plate," like they use in NASCAR, it limits the power across the complete RPM range. It takes those cars about a lap and a half to reach top speed. But since they reach speeds of over 200mph, it doesn't affect the low-end speeds nearly as much. Any "governor" would need to be placed on the high gear in the transmission or hooked up electronically to the speedometer to limit top speed and not affect low speed acceleration.
 
RB 60 said:
Any "governor" would need to be placed on the high gear in the transmission or hooked up electronically to the speedometer to limit top speed and not affect low speed acceleration.
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And that's an easy thing to do. People who say governors will reduce acceleration at lesser speeds are idiots.
 
Text Drivers are Killers said:
Yeah - most people are psychopaths. We have 100 americans killed on the highways EVERY DAY because people love to speed and drive drunk and text drive and run red lights. You are a psychopath for defending this and also a hypocrite since you scream every time a handful of people are killed by a gun.
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TDAK thinks everyone is a psychopath; Daesh thinks everyone is a sociopath. I love it! :cof1:

Sent from my Windows Phone at 120 MPH
 
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