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      04-28-2014, 12:01 PM   #19
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Originally Posted by ddk632 View Post
Dude... awesome. I've never seen one of these, really cool of R&T to post it up!

My thoughts so far,

- Braking distance is a bit disappointing for such a [relatively] light car, though.
- After 145mph it's "wind power"?
- Their 0-60mph time is impressive though at 3.8s.
- I wonder why the 5-60 is so much slower, has to be software related.

Really looking forward to what Chris Harris has to say.

According the Road & Track, turbo lag is to blame
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The 5-60 mph rolling-start time was less impressive than I expected from a partial EV, adding 1.1 seconds to the run. For that, you can blame the three-cylinder engine's significant turbo lag.
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