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Tesla Roadster Sport NEDRA record 12.643 at 1/4 mile

Discussion in 'EV (Electric Vehicle) Discussion' started by PeakOilGarage, Jul 28, 2009.

  1. PeakOilGarage

    PeakOilGarage Nothing less than 99.9

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    I just took delivery of my 2010 Tesla Roadster Sport in Seattle on Thursday July 23rd. It was at the track in Portland and racing within 21 hours of arriving at my house. We set the NEDRA (Natl Electric Drag Racing Assoc) record in the SP/A3 category, where Tesla Roadsters are classified.

    Here are the two videos of the record setting runs.

    Tesla Roadster Sport NEDRA record 12.643 at 1/4 mile Peak Oil Garage

    Here is another video of a Tesla vs Tesla race.

    Tesla Roadster Sport 553 versus another Tesla Roadster Peak Oil Garage
     
    #1 PeakOilGarage, Jul 28, 2009
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  2. cwerdna

    cwerdna Senior Member

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    That's pretty darn quick.

    For those who don't have a relative idea of fast/slow 1/4 miles and haven't drag raced a track, my personal best w/my 5-speed automatic (don't shoot me) 287 hp 04 350Z was ~14.5. A one second difference in the 1/4 is actually huge, two is really big. Powerful cars and fairly expensive sports cars do mid 11s to high 12s, stock.

    IIRC, manual stock 350Z of the same vintage as mine can manage mid to high 13s, at best.

    http://www.caranddriver.com/features/09q2/road_test_digest-feature has a table. Car and Driver achieved 17.6 in the 1/4 in a 2010 Prius (http://www.caranddriver.com/var/ezf...lication/c25f91204b3af2dd071f848fa067bde7.pdf).
     
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  3. PeakOilGarage

    PeakOilGarage Nothing less than 99.9

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    The Tesla Roadster Sport definitely has the potential to reach 12.4 to 12.5 seconds. We just need to get it with a 100% charge, warmed up in performance mode and a lightweight driver that knows how to launch.

    We had everything except a full charge. We were only running at about 75% charge when we took that video and set the record.
     
    #3 PeakOilGarage, Jul 28, 2009
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