Can an electrified car be quicker than an internally combusted one?
Of course it can. But there are two things to note. First, an electric motor delivers all of its oomph from zero revs. Terrific for acceleration but not so good for top speed because torque tails off as speed rises. But with gearing, and because it’s supplementing an engine, you can work around that.
Harder to work with is the fact that electrification is heavy. The Bugatti Chiron already weighs 1995kg because, when it makes so much power and torque via an internalcombustion engine, it needs a weapons-grade transmission and super-strength cooling.
A pure EV would do away with the need for much of that. But adding performance-enhancing batteries and an electric motor to a car that already has powerful, heavy mechanicals is the double whammy. It’s going to need battery tech and material use of the kind we’ve never seen.
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Too heavy
The Chiron is way too heavy, anyway. A P1 or a La Ferrari are less than two thirds of the weight, and they are electrified already.
The Tyres....!?
Al very well to increase the performance,but, if the Tyres can't cope,what's the point?, maybe the Tyre supplier should get his pen and paper out and start creating them because 300mph is on the cards and we would want the Chiron to do it for more than ten minutes as the current spec Tyres are limited too.
Should be do-able