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I don't really get how this is relevant for anyone besides tesla shills at this point. It's the metric that matters the least when it comes to electric vehicles. It makes me think of Samsung 100+ mpx phone camera sensors. People who don't know a thing about the topic drool over big (or small) numbers but it's 99.99% marketing and 0.01% real world use.

We were promised fully autonomous cars in "2 years" in 2012 and all we get are vaguely superior driver assistance techs and fast 0-100 to burn more rubber [0]

It could do 0-100 in 1s I wouldn't want to drive something with that steering rectangle.

[0] https://www.tiretechnologyinternational.com/news/regulations...

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You don't see how acceleration is a relevant metric for a car?

Yes, there are other metrics that are important for electric cars such as range and safety, and Tesla leads those metrics as well.

Your bias is glaring in your comment, they set a record for world's fastest production car, your response, "meh that record is irrelevant".

Pretty impressive that Tesla not only broke the record, but broke the will to keep records. The power of salt is crazy.

Fully autonomous is another topic that noone has provided, being mad that you don't have it yet is just about as useful as being mad cars can't hover yet. It benefits no one and is not relevant.

I for one am glad that Tesla put a fire under these other car makers ass. They've been coasting for so long, gouging for expensive upgrades without actually improving anything. They made electric cars shitty on purpose to keep ICE around. Now Tesla is making electric competitive in both looks and speed and your response is meh. I'm glad to see Ford and others taking electric seriously, but it's only because Elon is making Tesla so damn enticing.

I may be a bit biased as well, but I prefer Tesla and its goals and track record vs the automobile giants very sketchy record.

Also I remember the HN discussion from that tire emissions study, consensus was the numbers were fishy:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22517621

It’s a relevant metric for car enthusiasts. But most people (overwhelmingly) are not car enthusiasts. Even Tesla owners are not car enthusiasts. They’re just stans for Elon and Tesla - they don’t care about any other cars. So, for them - acceleration isn’t actually important. It’s just bragging rights.

For most people out there, FSD is way more interesting than some insane 0-60 time. It’s impressive that Tesla has made this accessible in an everyday car (mind you, it requires a special drag strip to hit claimed numbers). But it’s not really that relevant or even interesting to 99% of consumers out there - the difference between 2.2s and 3.2s is very significant to an enthusiast but to most people (including stans) - it’s not relevant. They’re not going to be gunning it on freeway on ramps - that is quite clear from the number of Teslas I get behind within the Bay Area.

I like that Tesla is pushing the limits and getting EV adoption going but I see them selling snake oil and gimmicks as much as I see them selling a compelling EV car. They live for the gimmicks - without them there is very little reason the stans would be interested.

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