DocM Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 (edited) Tesla has been working on this Roadster for quite some time. To be sure, as originally conceived it's fast. 0 - 60 under 2 sec & 250 mph, but it had other capabilities. Cold gas thruster assisted acceleration, braking & cornering, and hover/hop (pothole\sinkhole avoidance, etc). The thrusters would be developed by SpaceX, similar to the cold gas thrusters used on Falcon 9 for maneuvering but smaller. BMW has also worked on thruster enhanced cornering but on motorcycles. Car and Driver... X/Twitter thread Edited February 28 by DocM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted February 28 Author Share Posted February 28 More specs 0-60 in 1s or less, 200 kWh battery, 620 mi range. $200k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrynalyne Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 On 28/02/2024 at 12:00, DocM said: More specs 0-60 in 1s or less, 200 kWh battery, 620 mi range. $200k. I'll believe it when I see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim K Global Moderator Posted February 28 Global Moderator Share Posted February 28 On 28/02/2024 at 11:31, DocM said: Cold gas thruster assisted acceleration, braking & cornering, and hover/hop (pothole\sinkhole avoidance, etc). LMAO...yeah, ok. That sounds so damn dumb (unless you're 8). Probably will end up just farting white clouds of gas ... anything stronger (to actually have any tangible effect) risks damaging whatever is in the direction of the thrust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astra.Xtreme Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 I can't imagine this thing being street legal, but you'd need to be a madman to drive it with the thrusters enabled. Imagine screaming towards a corner, on a race track, and your braking thruster doesn't work. Splat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenon Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 I am not a car guy but who cares if it can go from 0 to 60 in 2 seconds. How many people are really gonna use that? All EV's are faster off the line. I always thought that it was a stupid state. Dick Montage 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+virtorio MVC Posted February 29 MVC Share Posted February 29 How can you have specs, price and 0-60 time for a car that's still in the "design goals" phase? adrynalyne and Dick Montage 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Montage Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 On 29/02/2024 at 07:35, virtorio said: How can you have specs, price and 0-60 time for a car that's still in the "design goals" phase? Con-artists will do this because sycophants will cite them and try to push them as facts. Keeps your marketing budget low, and allows sensible people to identify the cucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted March 1 Author Share Posted March 1 (edited) On 29/02/2024 at 02:35, virtorio said: How can you have specs, price and 0-60 time for a car that's still in the "design goals" phase? The production design is what was just finished, but there are pre-production designs which are assembled and eventually tested. There are also earlier steps called mules, which is where automakers use new parts of a driveline or other systems - sometimes in a previous model's body. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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