Tesla roadster: 8.8 1/4 from the factory.

I guess I'm not reading where the speed of the Telsa is being denied. What it runs, it runs. For $200k, it better do something :D Nope, I have no shame to loosing a race to an EV. And if it takes the world to new wonders and in 20 years and we all drive an EV, then so be it.
But.....

• to say one enjoys a gas engine more, then that is their right and choice of opinion. It's not denying anything.
• And to say people "better get used to it or be a fossil" is just ridiculous. NOBODY knows for sure IF EV's will be the way of the future.
• What will the electric vehicle offer to compete with the new Diesels that do heavy duty farm work? Maybe someday something better, but do we know? Any of us? ....No
• I do know this; for an EV to be competitive, they'll need one that performs, cost, and be as reliable for 10 years to 200,000++ miles as the gasoline cars are now.
• EV..... Gasoline.... Solar.... Hydrogen... :realcrazy::realcrazy::realcrazy: .... it may very well be public transport if we don't keep an eye on Washington! :D

P.S. - the article sounds like a "works in the making", concept, 2020...?? Again, let's wait and see.