[tocs3]

Certification documents show a single rear-mounted electric motor producing 268 horsepower and hooked up to a 93-kWh battery.

Wow, that seems like a lot of horsepower.

[stetrain]

Horsepower is pretty cheap in an EV once you have a big battery.

The 2026 Nissan Leaf, an economy car and one of the cheapest new EVs in the US at $29k, has 214hp.

[standardUser]

This is the thing people seem to sleep on when it comes to EVs - they simply drive better than other cars. More responsive, better pickup, smoother drivetrains, etc.

[idiotsecant]

This is also a feature of hybrids people overlook. They might have tiny ICE engines, but the additional torque from the electric motor more than makes up for it

[yardie]

Tesla Model 3 Standard is 280HP/210kW. And it's only really limited by the C of the battery pack. Under optimal conditions I've measured 310HP, according to the Canbus app.

EVs are incredibly powerful. Even the humble Nissan Leaf would blow the doors off an 00s performance car.

[jedberg]

I have a Leaf. It makes me laugh when people with "muscle cars" try to race me. One time I humored one of them, and completely smoked them off the line. And my car was still in Eco mode.

[eulers_secret]

The new model Y AWD non-performance does 0-60 in 4.6 seconds! The performance version is ~3.3; Ioniq 5 AWD is 4.6 and the N is 2.9 (!!!). For comparison the latest Corvette does 0-60 in 2.9 and the Z06 in 2.6.

These cars are insanely, incredibly fast. My G70 (gasoline, ~370 HP) does the jaunt in 4.5. That used to be considered a fast car, now it's just average (though the warranty is almost over, and I'll be modifying it to ~450HP).

TBH, electric cars 100% broke auto enthusiast circles. When a highly modified, very fast car just gets stomped by an electric car hauling a family of 4 it smashed that world to pieces. Especially in the early days, when EV enthusiasts were mostly Tesla techbro fanboys - who didn't really mix well with the oil, grease, gasoline, and DIY culture that was there before.

Interesting times for sure.

[nospice]

They were using Jaguar I-Pace for a good while, right? That was nearly 400 hp.

[jerlam]

However, they accelerate rather slowly. Waymo isn't in any need to get you to your destination faster, nor get into additional collisions.

[anishgupta]

Box on turbo