> It creates an entirely new torque language controlled by the driver

Oh wow, sounds like some corporation BS if I ever read some. My EV works by pressing the gas pedal and the torque is right there - not sure what revolutionary new invention is required?

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decimalenough 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Driving manual/stick is considered "manly" and a lot of sports car enthusiasts would never drive an automatic. So I presume this multilevel "torque language" bullshit is basically a way to retrofit stick shift into an EV that has no mechanical need for it.

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nnevatie 4 hours ago | parent [-]

Yes, this must be it. There's no experience like driving a manual with a two-plus ton vehicle.

	▲	brailsafe 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Agreed, I'm driving a ~2000kg truck atm with a stick shift from the 90s and a V8 in a hilly city and it's so much more fun than the arbitrary compact cars I've been borrowing for years. Super mega scary on gas, but fun nonetheless as on occasional leisure thing.

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krashidov 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I will say, Teslas usually have too much torque because I feel very nauseous in them as a passenger. Having more fine grained control over the torque profile might be nice

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kube-system 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

The reason you feel nauseous as a passenger has nothing to do with the maximum torque output of the vehicle, but because one-pedal driving mode amplifies bad driving habits by people who never learned how to use the accelerator pedal on a car properly.

Way too many people stomp, release, and repeat. This works in Mario Kart when the A-button input is a boolean value but in a Tesla with one-pedal driving turned on you end up repeatedly accelerating or decelerating and never go a constant speed.

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hvb2 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Sure, but this isn't a Tesla...

If you're going to drive this slowly you might as well buy a Tesla

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andsoitis 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> If you're going to drive this slowly you might as well buy a Tesla

Model S Plaid has faster acceleration than Luce and they have similar top speed.

Reportedly, the Luce has more nimble handling.

	▲	KaiserPro 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		The casio watch is more accurate than a mechanical watch, it doesn't mean I should like it more

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amarant 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Tesla model S accelerates faster and has a higher top speed, and also more range on a smaller battery....

For a absolutely tiny fraction of the price!

It also looks better than this Nissan leaf knock-off!

I'm not the target market, this thing costs more than my house! But I do think the specs are... Disappointing...

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pavlov 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Tesla Model S is discontinued.

Whatever its merits, there wasn’t a market for it.

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amarant an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Just pointing out that, technically, if you're gonna drive slow, the Ferrari is the appropriate choice over the Tesla.

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lmm 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Which suggests that a similar but worse product shouldn't sell either?

	▲	pavlov 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		The brand name counts for a lot in this market. Lamborghini Urus sells well even though it’s inferior on every metric to cars a fraction of its price. Tesla lost its premium brand cachet and consequently the Model S/X market. Ferrari presumably has some data that there are buyers for a $500k scifi sports car with their logo on it.