- The brand new Tesla Roadster will be capable to go from 0-60 mph in file time, in line with Elon Musk.
- That is technically doable, says Bugatti CEO Mate Rimac, however there may be some design compromises.
- The Rimac Nevera owns the present 0-60 acceleration file for production-line automobiles.
Elon Musk’s bold new guarantees for the long-awaited Tesla Roadster have raised eyebrows — together with Bugatti’s CEO’s.
Final week, Musk introduced on X, previously Twitter, that Tesla had “radically increased the design goals for the new Tesla Roadster.” Among the many new benchmarks: acceleration from 0 to 60 mph in less than one second — which might be a world file.
These numbers, whereas eye-popping, are technically possible, in line with Mate Rimac, CEO of Bugatti Rimac.
Rimac’s personal electrical sports activities automotive, the Nevera, set the present 0 to 60 acceleration file — 1.71 seconds — final yr, in line with Street & Observe.
“It is possible with thrusters,” Rimac acknowledged in a response to a Fb remark below a photograph of the engine for Bugatti’s new Chiron sports activities automotive. “We did the simulation.”
Nevertheless, the Croatian auto government added that there could also be some drawbacks to accelerating that quick.
“Problem is,” he mentioned, “you release the air in 2-3 seconds, and then you have a lot of dead weight that you are carrying around (tanks, compressor, valves, nozzles, etc.)”
Nonetheless, the Bugatti CEO mentioned that thrusters “are really the only way to go” since various strategies of acceleration, like suction fan know-how, can be too impractical. Although just a few sports activities vehicles have integrated suction followers, Rimac dismissed the know-how as a result of Roadster’s weight and the “massive” gear required.
Musk did not elaborate on how the Roadster can be outfitted to interrupt Rimac’s file, saying solely that the acceleration was “the least interesting part.” Tesla didn’t return a request for remark earlier than publication.
Beforehand, the Tesla Roadster was billed as reaching 60 mph in 1.9 seconds, a determine that’s nonetheless up on Tesla’s web site.
Manufacturing design on Tesla’s second-generation Roadster is full, Musk posted, including that the corporate expects to formally unveil the automobile by the tip of the yr. Tesla goals to begin delivery the primary manufacturing fashions in 2025.
“I think it has a shot at being the most mind-blowing product demo of all time,” he added.
It is not the primary time the Tesla CEO has made huge guarantees. Tesla weathered criticism final yr after Cybertruck drivers identified that lots of its specs, together with its vary and worth level, weren’t what had been initially introduced.
