“drawing as much as the pouce could handle”
As others have mentioned, dropping weight is probably the most straightforward way to improve the performance. Cut the roof off above the seatbelt attachment points for starters. Spare tire has to go, motor shields have to go. Ditch the rear bumper and hitch. Frunk liner, gone. Pedestrian safety speaker isn’t needed, it protects pedestrians, not you, so who really gives an eff? Air filter? Gone, unless you got one with high flow for performance. All the airbags, major weight savings potential, so gone as well. And those crumple zones? Well after 40 years of marriage, you kinda sorta wanna die, so we’ll drop those off with the torch.
I suggest you find the part where you intrinsically supported exactly what I said in your feeble reply.
Frunk liner is actually something that could be a legit weight reduction.
The rate at which chemical reactions happen is limited, which means (safe) battery output is limited. This is true in an end-member sense, but an NMC or LFP battery can safely reach far higher discharge amperages than the other parts of the Lightning can handle.
Thanks for the explanation. This was my intuition with my limited knowledge.
When I was younger I used to argue about things like 0-60 acceleration, back when getting there in 5 seconds was unusual for an off-the-lot ride.
Exactly.
I generally agree but would like more punch in the 50-80 range. It is already impressive but I have noticed that accelerstion at high speeds tapers off with battery SOC.
I usually give them a half-hearted 2-second accelerator flooring and then back off and let them win. I had a loud Mustang with a Coyote engine try to race my Mustang Mach-E on the I-10 in El Paso a couple years ago. I boosted past them, let them catch up, and then “lost” the race. Gave them a bit of ego boost and let me have a little chuckle while also staying safe. I’ve lost enough and won enough races not to care anymore.
The 50-80 mph range is where lower mass (and a better drag coefficient, but we can’t do much about that) is key to higher acceleration. If this were the speed range that was the biggest concern (i.e., you’d be fine with having to lower acceleration from 0 due to possibly losing traction), then dropping mass could make a major difference. This acceleration isn’t limited by traction but by inertia. My truck has a 2177 kg GVWR, 868 kg payload, so 1452 kg with me driving. Drop 290 kg (640 pounds) in mass and it’ll accelerate ~20% faster from 50mph (if we ignore wind resistance, but…)
