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Originally Posted by Snuffleupagus
The Rimac Nevera is not what I would call a production car, and it's $2.5 million price tag is pricey for that half of second.
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No one is cross-shopping a Nevera and a Tesla, and again, half a second in a sub-10 second quarter-mile is a much bigger deal technologically than dropping half a second from 14 seconds to 13.5.
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Originally Posted by Sliver
Cars are already bonkers fast with the horsepower race the manufacturers have been in for the past decade. Your basic Mustang GT has over 400 horespower. My car has 550 horsepower. It's insane how fast cars are already, and I don't see fatalities left, right and centre. And as you say, with the self-driving features already available...I just don't see this being a problem since it doesn't currently seem to be a problem.
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It's less to do with horsepower and largely everything to do with torque. Torque delivery in modern cars is insane, the aggressive nannies in cars are a necessity to stop people running out of talent and putting it into a hedge.
Think of the difference in how you are able to drive with the linear, predictable powerband of a naturally aspirated motor versus the massive thrust of torque from a turbocharged engine versus the instant-on torque of an EV.