Tesla 55 Goes to Yosemite

2009 May 14

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Cathedral Spires and a flooded meadow.

In the morning, I made my loop to Glacier Point. Going up from the Valley, I couldn't keep the Roadster in check any longer. It just had to show off its Lotus DNA and its Tesla power. We ate up a couple slowpokes but mostly had the road to ourselves. The electric drive is such a joy on a road like that! No shifting, no dancing on the pedals while trying desperately to keep the engine in its powerband, just think "clear ahead" and the scenery starts to zoom, think "corner ahead" and it all slows down again. If one were racing the brakes would be needed, of course, but at cruising speed one pedal driving is perfect. (OTOH, an AWD EV with stronger regen could go at race speed with one pedal, a significant advantage, it seems to me.) And of course, there's no worries about power loss at high altitudes with an EV :-)
Bill Arnett