More cons than pros to get something like this.
Electric hypercars are the future when it comes to setting straight-line acceleration records. They already have the best records, but Elon Musk claims that they are going to go one step further with the Tesla Roadster, which will be able to complete 0 – 60 mph, that is, 0 – 96 km/h in just one second.
Logically, the statement has caught people's attention and eyes have been on the model that currently holds the record in this regard, the Rimac Nevera and its 1.74 seconds (only improved by the 1.69 seconds of the Aspark Owl, but he has yet to prove it properly).
Since asking a car doesn't make much sense, a Facebook user took the opportunity to ask its main manager, Mate Rimac, now CEO of Bugatti-Rimac, when he made a publication on said social network regarding the hybrid successor to the Chiron.
The user in question wrote the following: “I would love to hear your opinion about the new Tesla Roadster that Elon Musk has previewed. The claim of 0 to 60 mph in less than 1 second seems incredible.”
Surprisingly, Rimac has answered extensively and quite precisely, pointing out if it is feasible and what its pros and cons would be.
“It is possible with thrusters. We did the simulation. The problem is that you release the air in 2-3 seconds and then you have a lot of dead weight that you carry with you (tanks, compressors, valves, nozzles, etc.),” he points out.
“The same goes for fans: they simply give you more grip, but you need something like 30,000 Nm at the wheels to accelerate under 1 second from 0 to 100 km/h, which means you need motors, inverters, transmission boxes. gears, transmission axles, etc.,” he adds.
“In addition, the car has to be super light, otherwise you cannot create excess downforce with the fans, since the tires would be overloaded very quickly with any type of car with a 'normal supercar' weight, especially electric,” he says.
“And then again, you carry the weight with you when you're not doing 0-100. So thrusters are really the only way to go. But it also brings many disadvantages,” he concludes.
The CEO has not held anything back and has been clear about it, pointing out that Nevera at some point in its development considered the use of such a system, but that it was finally rejected because at the moment of truth it had fewer positive points than the that he contributed.
Presumably, Elon Musk and his company will have also evaluated all the strengths and weaknesses of such a system, and it will also be necessary to see if this will be the formula to achieve what was promised or if it will have other alternatives.
What is clear is that Musk wants to continue generating excitement about a model that was presented to the world in November 2017 and about which, since then, there has been little or no information, mainly rumors, until the CEO wrote in 'X' a few days ago the following post:
We'll have to wait to see what happens.