[ArchStanton]

This seems like a pretty obvious thing to do for some small-run auto maker.

Thinking out loud. At what point are legislative controls ever put on car performance, if ever? They've kind of hit the limits on ICE engines with the Hellcat Dodges (for example) but there's no reason an EV couldn't have power to weight ratios that are actually dangerous.

So what happens when you can buy a street-legal F1 car?

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>They've kind of hit the limits on ICE engines with the Hellcat Dodges (for example) but there's no reason an EV couldn't have power to weight ratios that are actually dangerous.

Yes there is - the vastly more energy-dense fuel used by ICE cars.

The Hellcat Dodge's power to weight of 318 hp per tonne puts it more in the soccer mom category.

The Caterham 7 620, with a 2-liter engine, gets 500hp per tonne, and that's half of what some of the exotic supercars have.

For reference, a Tesla has around 350 hp/tonne.

I think your perception of what qualifies as motoring performance is sadly lacking.

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I suppose 318 hp per tonne being soccer mom category was hyperbole. To save anyone else who is reading this late trying to work this out in their head, the hp/tonne of the 2007 Nissan GTR was less than 280 hp/tonne and had 0-97 km/h in 3.2 seconds-ish. The 991 911 Turbo is 330 hp/tonne. 318 hp per tonne is plausible for a soccer mom vehicle, but it would be a beast.

[ArchStanton]

>I think your perception of what qualifies as motoring performance is sadly lacking.

lol. I think you'd be surprised.

Mostly I'm referring to the mass-produced engine itself here, not the car. After all, we live in a world of 1000 BHP turbo LS engines stuffed into old Ford Fairmonts turning single digit quarter miles.

Having said that, at what point is there legislative pressure to limit new cars. JDM is an existing model.

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If you're going to look only at the power-to-weight of the engine itself and ignore everything else needed to make a car, I look forward to the superior hydraulic engined-cars!

[ArchStanton]

Thank you for your valuable input.