Can you imagine the kind of fun you can have in a 1,000 horsepower machine that only weighs 2,200 pounds? Yeah, were’ talking about some serious power to weight ratio and when you consider that a Tesla Plaid making the same power weighs over 5,200 pounds, this thing should haul some serious ass. I’m sure it does all kinds of things the right way but it’s going to ruffle a few feathers here as well, because it is in fact electric. But I don’t care. Power is power and fun is fun and I’m sure all of us would love to tear this thing up even if we have to plug it in instead of filling it up.
Watch the first three videos in the build series and let us know what you think. Hate it? Let us know why. Love it? Let us know why.
Video Description: Part 1.
Here’s the first update on the race car build. So far we’ve offered up the Tesla motors and are figuring out how and where to mount them. Next step will be the battery pack locations and overcoming any issues that the motor locations have raised, like the steering problem mentioned in the video.
Video Description: Part 2.
In this update of Buff-E the Tesla powered race car we show the motors are installed and working. The first iteration to get it all going will be with a dual motor setup from a Tesla Model S P100D. Once everything is dialled in, and assuming we need more power, we’ll upgrade to a Tesla Plaid setup. In this video we also show the solution we came up with to overcome the motor being in the way of the original steering column. Next video we’ll hopefully have the Beetle bodywork on so it’ll start to look more like a car.
Video Description: Part 3.
It’s time for an update on the Tesla powered race car project. In this episode we cover the front brakes, driveshafts and battery boxes along with some other bits and pieces.
