We are seeing them on August 20th in a little bar called Sideouts in Island Lake, IL! THE best bar band ever...

My question is what's going to happen to these things at the track because they have no bars in them at all? 9:XX car bouncing off the wall is going to do damage, plus anything over 150 needs a chute.

All someone needs to do is take a afternoon and email some tracks or the nhra and ask whats the scoop then folks would know.

Id bet they have something out already.

Well here is something.

http://www.nedra.com/nedra_handbook.html

New NHRA class for EV-s

https://www.hagerty.com/media/news/nhra-launches-new-ev-drag-racing-class-for-2022/

I'm retired (from Chrysler), so I have plenty of time to read and post on here.

If you think that people are more likely to look at a Tesla than a Viper whether they're driving or parked you need your head examined.

Funny how you skimmed right over the fact that this is a Mopar Forum but you keep posting about Teslas.

I get it. The future is here right now with Tesla. Our old Mopars are officially certified as slow & the ICE is destroying the planet. We’re Neanderthals, knuckle draggers and geriatrics if we like 50-year old cars. Soon enough, someone will plant a classic car on a totaled Plaid and that will irk people. Other than washing your Tesla on the weekend, what mods will you do? Take out the seats & gut the interior? How many people will buy a new $130k car, gut it and daily drive like that? Other than planting a Tesla drivetrain under a Mopar, we won’t be able to run 7’s in a daily driver. Question: Do we really need for a car to run 9’s all of the time?

I do find it interesting that my seven year old grandson calls out Tesla sightings when we are out just like Challengers, Corvettes, Mustangs, Camaros and Vipers.

All this talk and argument about 1/4 mile times plays right into Tesla's biggest (and only IMO) advantage at this point. Let's have a NASCAR type 500 mile race (even on a road course if you like) and see what finishes first. Common refueling (with a gas station type fuel pump and 93 octane unleaded) and recharging by a Tesla public charging station. No quick fill gravity fuel cans or pressurized (Indy car style) refueling, and NO changing of batteries. Just refueling and recharging as available to the average soccer mom or dad currently.....................now who is going to cross that 500 mile vacation finish line first and be sitting by the hotel pool having a drink watching the kids having a great time Me I'm not ready (and neither are EV's) for a vehicle that spends 25% of its trip time to recharge or refuel. When they (EV manufactures) get that sorted out the new wiget will be hydrogen power, and yeah so what if an EV is still quicker in a 1/4 mile, right now I want a longer leash and the sound and feeling of internal combustion. Funnier still is the most sold accessory on a motorcycle is an aftermarket exhaust system and one of the largest markets for aftermarket motorcycle exhaust system manufactures is HD..............Hey HD how's the EV Harley sales going...... If EV's are the sound of the future I'm not hearing it

Mike

Anyone with a new Prius - starting with a full charge and full tank of gas they can go 600 miles without refueling. But I'll pass on winning that way.

One or the other to compete, no hybrids.........either fossil fuel (aka gasoline) or EV not both in one vehicle, Prius is a hybrid and besides it's dog poop slow and would still lose to a 7 mpg big or small block dinosaur '60's muscle car and for sure lose in a drag race to 90% of most current cars.

Hydrogen will eventually kill straight EV's

The rumored Toyota Prius hydrogen variant could turn out as an innovation. The Mirai and the Nexo use a fuel cell in which a chemical reaction of the contained hydrogen with oxygen generates electricity, which powers an electric motor. The next-gen Prius could come with a combustion engine that generates power through the combustion of hydrogen using modified fuel supply and injection systems of gasoline engines.

Anyone that has ever had to deal with hydrogen knows it's leaky. Can that be overcome yep, not cheaply though.

what does it cost to recharge at those "pumps" i see at walmart ?

I think it depends on whose "pumps" they are.

It can be from more expensive than gasoline to free.

For example I think the new Mustang Mach-e's come with three years free charging at certain charging stations. I understand it covers quite a few of them.

I was just doing some googling and it seems to vary widely depending on who's pump, how fast it charges, where you live etc.

Yes I should have mentioned the local cost of electricity obviously has a lot to do with the cost.

I should add this is just from what I have read, I have no experience charging electric cars.

KA-BOOOOM , is sound u will hear in 10years at 6pm, when everyone comes home and plugs in their ev's

We have a Leaf and it costs about $3 to charge it at home. Goes 80 miles on a charge so the cost is roughly the same as a car that gets 80 mpg since gas is around $3 a gallon here for regular.

The car is very inexpensive to drive since there is zero maintenance. No oil changes, no exhaust system to rot out, no cooling system to maintain, no timing belt to replace, etc. Brakes last a super long time since a lot of slowing down is handled with the regen braking system.

What's the average recharging time to go from a very low to no charge battery to that 80 mile capable range? And did you have to install special charging devices in your home to do this? TIA.

Mike

I use a normal 110 plug in the garage and the stock charging cord that came with the car. It takes overnight to charge the car using 110v. That is really slow if you're in a hurry, but most of the time I just plug it in after dinner and then it is fully charged and ready to go in the morning.

If you want faster charging you can buy a 220V charger from the Leaf dealer (or on-line) and then use a dryer plug. The 220V charger cable is about $500 so I never bothered buying one. I don't have a 220V plug in my garage but I have them in the shop. I just never needed a quicker charging time so I never bothered to make the investment.

Ive been reading the new EV-s with the unit and install at home can be as much as $2500.

I was in Denver this weekend and my Uber ride from the airport was a Tesla Model Y. The owner was very educated about it. He said he gets an average of 275 miles of range and he does uber full time. He spent $300 to have a 220V outlet put in his garage that he charges with. He said if it is real low it takes a little over 8 hours. It was interesting to ride in, very quite, rode well, and it moved. He hammered on it for us before he dropped us off at the hotel. Quick and quiet with no Drama, didn't feel as fast at it was but it sure was rolling the numbers on the speedo.