Playing on a wet, sandy, rocky slope — some data

[GDN]

Maybe. But if you’re looking for 0-60 times and you don’t have adjustable suspension, Sport mode with a bit more torque on the rear and a bit less in the front would help avoid slippage in the front as the front lifts during acceleration.

Ah yes the horrendous torque steer in the trucks. That should have been controlled or corrected years ago. I’m not an expert but with abs and motor control I firmly believe they should be able to make this truck bite and move without the torque steer. Tesla will have none of that. I’ve never drive a Rivian, GM or other favorite flavor of EV to compare in the truck world.

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[HOTAS]

Torque-steer is certainly an issue that should have been eliminated in this truck.

 

[SpaceEVDriver]

Torque-steer is certainly an issue that should have been eliminated in this truck.

I haven’t experienced torque-steer with the Lightning. But I don’t do a ton of hard accelerations.

 

[GDN]

I haven’t experience torque-steer with the Lightning. But I don’t do a ton of hard accelerations.

When you do, you'll know. You would think it would be on rails, but it is not.

 

[doggod]

normal is nowhere as fast as sport 0-60. about twice as long and tires will not chirp.

 

[WaterboyNorCal]

normal is nowhere as fast as sport 0-60. about twice as long and tires will not chirp.

this is not my experience. Tires will spin either way if you floor it, and 0-60 acceleration seems to be very similar, within perhaps 10%.

 

[doggod]

this is not my experience. Tires will spin either way if you floor it, and 0-60 acceleration seems to be very similar, within perhaps 10%.

I have an ER so more horse power and torque than the SR.

 

[WaterboyNorCal]

I have an ER so more horse power and torque than the SR.

True- the ER does have more hp but the torque is the same (775 lb ft). If there is a difference with wheel spin, it could be that you’re carrying more battery weight than I am, which could minimize wheel spin, comparatively?

 

[21st Century Truck]

No hard data numbers to add to the graphs by the OP, but two observations on a completion of a 9,300+ mile cross country road trip...

1). At the Bonneville Salt Flats Speedway several weeks ago, neither I nor my drift-crazy young nephew could induce much drifting on the Salt Flats... despite 15+ thunder runs although both of us enjoyed the heck out of each thunder run. I put the blame / merit(?) on the very well-designed Lightning's power management software modules.

2). At southern Utah's Sand Hollow State Park which has truly wonderful, deep red sand off-road areas, we buried the ER Lightning in the sand up to the body rails within, like, an instant, despite being in Off Road / rear-axle-locked mode. It actually amazed me how fast we got totally immobile, with free wheel spin on all corners. Of course, another truck pulled us right out with my just-in-case ready tow strap. The OEM Hankook tires surely didn't help here...

Just some FYI observations to supplement the above data.

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