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<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\nSource: Here\u2019s Exactly How Tesla Made Its New 230-Mph Car \u2018Fly\u2019 | WIRED<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n fta:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Roadster 2 will be rear-wheel-drive only, a departure from Tesla\u2019s track record of all-wheel-drive EVs. Two motors will deliver over a megawatt of power (1,341 horsepower) and over 1,400 newton-meters (Nm) of torque, meaning this car will have more torque and power than a three-motor Plaid<\/a>. But all of that power goes through just the rear wheels. Moravy says the \u201cflight system,\u201d as he calls it in Hagerty\u2019s walk-through,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[282],"tags":[87,97,123],"class_list":["post-48362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article","tag-cars","tag-elon-musk","tag-tesla","wpcat-282-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48362"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48362\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48365,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48362\/revisions\/48365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ckms.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Moravy says the \u201cflight system,\u201d as he calls it in Hagerty\u2019s walk-through, requires yet another 400-liter cold gas COPV, occupying the space where the passenger seat is, making the car a single-seater and bringing total thrust fuel up to 600 liters. This \u201cflight system\u201d also requires six extra thrusters: one in each corner, plus two at the front to yaw.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"