posted by [identity profile] metahacker.livejournal.com at 10:49pm on 2006-10-31
I'll admit it took me a minute of thinking it through before realizing you probably meant what you meant. What you said is a *very* common thought in, especially the motorcycle crowd where folks often respond to street challenges, so it took a minute to shake off the preconceptions.

Another note: this ratio may change suddenly with the introduction of electric-motored vehicles. Gas engines don't pull from 0 rpm, so you lose some time in the first segment to clutch slippage as you try to match >0rpm to 0mph. Electric motors, conversely, have full torque at 0 rpm. Given that some prototype cars have ridiculous 0-60 times (4 seconds?) they might be accelerating fast enough off the line to match a human.

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