The slow motion was painfully annoying and not even remotely cool.

I find it interesting that there has been a renewed sense of urgency that coincides with the relative degree of success that Tesla has had in recent years. That urgency has been, "fueled" by concerns over sustainability and the environmental impact for carbon emissions. With that said, there is no single form of…

He bought an established company with at least some product development and supply chain and then he poured money into it.

If they could get it to pass emissions, it has to be innovative.

LOL! Special snowflake and grey ponytail. Wow, what a perfect description.

That is probably why he is a paranoid sociopath. That is not a good recipe for making friends. :)

Innovation has almost no meaning these days. I blame all of the Steve Jobs worship. Why can't they just take drugs, listen to loud music and have promiscuous sex?

I don't think you can refer to Tesla as a start-up.

You lost me after prick.

So, he is a paranoid sociopath?

Elon Musk is like the Philip Rivers of the automotive world. No one can deny that he has vision, talent and attitude but it is nearly impossible to root for him unless you are from the Bay Area.

Definitely a nice shot. As a native, I wont say that our sunsets are always striking but I will concede that they happen frequently enough that I don't really pay attention to them anymore.

But you would but an autonomous car running Android? LOL!

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I expected these near the top of the list.

If you are hammering the Prius around the Top Gear test track, an M3 gets better fuel economy when it follows along. However, I can think of three non-hybrid vehicles that outperforms all hybrids for fuel economy - the Nissan Leaf, the Tesla S and the Tesla Roadster. ;)

The more I look at it, the more it looks like it is pulling timing between 3000-4500 RPM with heat soak pulling it down by 10 wheel HP/TQ by the third run. If so, that is a shameful factory tune on that thing.

The intake and exhaust routing looks like it is as direct as it can be. For this application, using the twin intercoolers with one for each turbo allows them to have symmetrical air intake characteristics with predictable air flow on both sides. Also less turbulence since the air intake paths are never converged.

Water cooling on turbos is fairly common but if those are water cooled intercoolers, that is definitely a step in the right direction.