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Adventureboy
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I tap the floor boards regularly. 2 years so far and nothing broke.
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One day I put the pedal to the metal and I broke wind. I could not pucker fast enough.
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We had a 3 day demo truck, which I floored a few times without incident. Nice acceleration, but no drama, or parts failing.
The failures I speak of are one in a million incidents, but forums do amplify fear.
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MTBAZ
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As stated by several. If your talking Stock. Nothing should break. The design team should have looked at all parts and used the weakest point to set limits on truck performance. Safety factors and defined use cases that exceed 99% of typical driver would be applied to that part, and at some point it's cheaper to limit power than to design a stronger part.
Anyone know what the parts (Battery, Motor) are capable of and has anyone found a way to use all the power we have. If we could hack the system and access the full power, I'm sure the weakest link in the mechanical design would show it's face quickly. Would likely find limits on electrical components as well.
Anyone know what the parts (Battery, Motor) are capable of and has anyone found a way to use all the power we have. If we could hack the system and access the full power, I'm sure the weakest link in the mechanical design would show it's face quickly. Would likely find limits on electrical components as well.
Marcelo Zanetti
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Do it all the time, very aggressively. Nothing ever broke...
Scorpio3d
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I took one of my buddies for a “ride“ and his response was the acceleration was like a roller coaster. He said he felt a little woozy for a minute and my dad was concerned about giving someone whiplash. That is one of the things I love about this truck, especially on the highway when you need to pass somebody really quickly…. No problem!
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Everyone is answering this as in "I've put the pedal to the metal and had no issues" and while the OP hasn't said anything I feel like the original question is more about what would happen if I removed the restrictions built in to the truck including the speed governor. Would the motors fail before the half shafts? Would the tires just melt before providing enough friction to actually move? Would the sudden pull on the battery melt it down, or at least the connecting wires? Would the driver pass out from the G-force before any of that?
I haven't spent a lot of time underneath the truck, but I think it would be the half shafts. They seem undersized for the torque that the motors could be capable of. But given what we know about the OG Tesla Roadster prototypes, it might be the motor, they can get some crazy RPMs and any imbalance, no matter how slight gets really magnified the faster it spins up, which might be why we have a top speed.
I haven't spent a lot of time underneath the truck, but I think it would be the half shafts. They seem undersized for the torque that the motors could be capable of. But given what we know about the OG Tesla Roadster prototypes, it might be the motor, they can get some crazy RPMs and any imbalance, no matter how slight gets really magnified the faster it spins up, which might be why we have a top speed.
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