When Tesla built the first Roadster, it advertised performance to justify the car’s hefty price tag. But then it raised the bar with future models, with more power and more performance.
Before long, having powerful engines and supercar-like performance became a near-compulsory requirement for every electric vehicle that hit the market.
Looking at Tesla’s lineup, the best car in the category is the Model 3 RWD, with a 0-96 km/h time of 5.8 seconds.
Even mass-market electric cars are getting dizzy. Kia EV6, in the least powerful version, reaches a speed of 0 – 100 km / h in 6.2 seconds. Electric trucks are more or less the same, with the slowest truck going from 0 to 100km/h in less than 5 seconds. This is the level of performance you’d expect in a premium sports car.
Why do electric vehicle manufacturers make the 5-second mark their minimum performance target? At first, that was because electric vehicles had few advantages over their ICE rivals. The range of electric vehicles is significantly limited, they take a long time to replenish the battery, and the battery fills most of the trunk, leaving very little space for useful goods. So many limitations, but they accelerate like a rocket.
Things have changed a lot since then. We have electric cars that can go up to 836 km on a single charge and fully charge in half an hour.
Modern EV platforms also integrate batteries into their internal structure without compromising on internal space. There are countless reasons to choose an EV over a gas-powered car. One thing that hasn’t changed, however, is the power and performance that electric vehicles advertise. In fact, there is an ongoing race among electric vehicle manufacturers regarding the power of cars.
Although everyone loves powerful cars, although not everyone has the necessary skills to drive a supercar. Not everyone is aware of it, and when faced with this question, very few would admit to being a lousy or even average driver. We all like to think we’re “advanced” even though the number of car crashes and deaths consistently prove us wrong.
Even if everyone has good driving skills this won’t last, unfortunately. Visual acuity decreases with age, the field of view narrows, and reaction times are longer. At the same time, wealth increases with age, so it is more likely that elderly people will buy a more powerful car resulting in a widening disparity between driving skills and car performance. , which leads to more problems.
In a recent auto accident in Columbus, Ohio, the driver, Frantz Jules, 63, crashed his Tesla Model 3 through the glass wall of the local convention center. He claimed that the car had accelerated itself to 113 km/h and the brakes were not working. The NTSB has not pursued an investigation, meaning there is no reason to believe a malfunction in the vehicle caused the crash. Instead, the driver has the problem.
However, this is not the first time. Last December, the crash that injured 20 people in Paris also occurred under similar conditions, with similar claims. The driver was also an elderly man (he was 58 years old) and like the driver in Columbus, worked as a taxi driver. This person has just been given a Tesla Model 3 and is likely unfamiliar with the vehicle’s power and features. This shows what lies ahead as more and more older drivers get their first electric car.
There are relatively few electric vehicles on the road today, which means that these extremely powerful vehicles do not pose much of a threat. But what will the future be like when all vehicles on the street are supercars with super specifications (!?).
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