TEASE!it was BS then, too - to the same extent I meant it above
Of course what they’ve given is an actual calculation. I didn’t mean it wasn’t. But another actual calculation is instead of miles per hour is “centimeters per second.”
but people don’t report centimeters per second, because the purpose of these is to provide relevant comparisons
The style of torque reporting Tesla is doing is not been the industry standard to date, even for Tesla - until maybe the new Roadster
and here’s what they did with the Roadster:
notice it says “wheel torque”
they’re taking the power at the engine, multiplying by the gearing ratio to the wheel
Torque absent HP and RPM is meaningless on its own
Take a Dodge Desmond with 972nM torque at the engine. In first gear, through final drive, that’s 14,000nM at the wheel. In 2nd gear it’s still 10,000nM. (All ignoring multiplication.)
This is why engine manufacturers or OEM’s tend to quote torque back at the engine.
Which with the Roadster would be about 750ftlbs of torque
if Tesla wanted to provide a figure that gave a relavent comparison, they could do what all OEMs other than GM have done to date: provide the relevant conversion, and then otherwise site Hp and 0-60 etc.
Otherwise, and without an explanation or context, what Tesla is reporting isnt useable as a comparison to other vehicles not listed in the same terms. At which point one starts to wonder why they provide the figure at all.
personally, the reason smells to likely to be to confuse and mislead. It leads the unwitting thinking eg the Roadster has 10X the torque as the Dodge Deamon, when in fact it has less (in the most relevant context of assumptions).
just like with the Roadster “wheel torque” figure - it’s basically meaningless on its own absent context.
The 2020 Ford Super Duty diesel, for example, makes roughly 17,200 lb.-ft. of wheel torque in first gear.
Tesla can cite speed in cm/second all it likes, but it’s as possible as it ever was to convert that to mph and at least also give that figure - or at least for someone reporting it to do so.
in standard terms, the CT’s torque at the wheel can be easily converted back through the drivetrain to a standardly presented ~750 ftlbs of torque
just like Ford does with the Lightning
Agreed! I’m getting a FCB too.
I believe so, but what do you mean screen go out? The screen is broken? Time to get it fixed.
There is STUPID money out there, especially in the hands of our influencers.
For clarity, the video shows where the screen stopped working and they had to take vehicle to receive service at nearby Tesla. With the screen not working, he said he couldn’t change climate, check speed, etc…
Why would you wait 4 years to make a small profit?
You consider that toeing ? Lol ....ok Put a trailer on it for pete sakes with a 3000lb car and gives us numbers . That was just pure hogwash.
Leno is his spotter.
I think Ryan was just being respectful to the Cyberbeast‘s owner who just paid $120k for the vehicle. He borrowed the vehicle for an entire day to review.
