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      02-07-2017, 09:37 AM   #26
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Originally Posted by Jo-Sta07 View Post
http://www.motortrend.com/cars/tesla...t-test-review/

This is, frankly, incredible to me. Limited use or not.
Frankly, I've always found this 0-60 obsession a bit of a joke. Sure, acceleration matters, and who doesn't want to be quick off the line? But on the open highway, it's irrelevant because you're already moving at 60+. For traffic-light starts, 2-3 secs to 60 is more dangerous than useful (imagine a pedestrian trying to quickly cross the road before the cars take off after a red light). And even if you wanted to race someone down Main St, they'd dust you after the second light as your Tesla's wires try to come back from red-hot (literally).

It's bragging rights on paper. And I get it: they want to show to the petrol-head world that electric can be fun. But if you ask me, time and money would be better invested in making the whole car better.
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