Homemade Jet-Powered Tesla Actually Works

Timothy

On the first highway test, the Tesla is able to slowly accelerate to 61 mph and hold that speed, rolling in neutral solely under the power of the jets. It’s something you would only want to try on a road with plenty of space, as there’s significant chance of burning the cars behind from the engine’s hot exhaust. 

Next up, the car is put through a series of 0-60 tests, albeit with the wet road making the results difficult to parse. Under only electric power, the Model S hits a 0-60 time of 4.38 seconds. Adding the power of the jets gets that down to 3.32 seconds, and 3.4 seconds on another pass. It’s still much slower than the best times achieved by Warped Perception in the dry, closer to 2.4 seconds flat. A proper comparison in better conditions would make it obvious whether the jets help with acceleration or hinder the car by adding significant weight.

It’s not a practical addition to the electric car, of course. Emissions are increased immensely, and the fuel efficiency of three tiny jets doesn’t bear thinking about. However, it is cool, and interesting, and this writer will admit to serious curiosity as to whether the jets have any measurable performance benefit in normal conditions. Warped Perception hopes to get the Tesla Model S P85D to a 0-60 time of less than 2.0 seconds with the jet setup; such a feat would surely be a must-see. 

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