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0 pointsSohcahtoa827y ago0 comments

> I think other companies should take notice, and start offering higher performance EVs

I'm a Tesla fanboy and I agree with this wholeheartedly.

A lot of my fanboyism is based on the fact that Tesla is the ONLY company making performance EVs. The SLOWEST Tesla is still quicker than the fastest Leaf, Bolt, i3, or any other EV besides the i8, which doesn't count because it's a plug-in hybrid with only 15 miles of electric range.

I'm greatly considering a Model 3 Performance at the end of this year, but if another company announces an EV that will do 0-60 in under 3.5 seconds (EDIT: for under $75K) before then, I'd be willing to put off buying an EV to give someone else a chance.

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raesene97y ago

Jaguar I-Pace has 0-60 in 4.6 seconds, don't think that's slower than all Teslas, is it?

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Marsymars7y ago

> A lot of my fanboyism is based on the fact that Tesla is the ONLY company making performance EVs.

This is one of the reasons for my lack of enthusiasm about Tesla/electric vehicles. I don't especially care about acceleration performance - I'm perfectly happy with my $10k econobox that gets >700km per tank and handles pretty nicely.

m4637y ago

I believe a software update lowered that to 3.3 seconds (in track mode).

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