NEW Hagerty drag race: Demon 170 vs Sapphire!

[xponents]

Wonder what it would say for a Sapphire... @RM-S8 ?

 

[Jester1868]

Mine gives me 1,111.70558 HP. It also says 112 kWh battery, but that’s likely just an error.

Thank you for confirming I'm not going crazy! (I mean I might be but not in this instance!) lol

 

[Jester1868]

Wonder what it would say for a Sapphire... @RM-S8 ?

With my rudimentary arithmetic, I would think the Sapphire should show 920kW of power. I would love to see the chart though if anyone has a VIN

 

[terrycs]

Mine gives me 1,111.70558 HP. It also says 112 kWh battery, but that’s likely just an error.

Very interesting. Perhaps they cherry picked battery packs with the 6 extra kWh and threw them into the Dreams? Which could mean that any battery pack replacements will be 112 kWh versions?

 

[xponents]

Very interesting. Perhaps they cherry picked battery packs with the 6 extra kWh and threw them into the Dreams? Which could mean that any battery pack replacements will be 112 kWh versions?

If true, I doubt the VIN tool would account for replacements... for example, if you engine swapped a car through a dealer (somehow), it wouldn't be updated.

 

[terrycs]

If true, I doubt the VIN tool would account for replacements... for example, if you engine swapped a car through a dealer (somehow), it wouldn't be updated.

I hate to think it, but to a manufacturer, it is quite costly to inventory multiple battery pack part numbers that only have a physical 6 kWh variance. Perhaps it is possible to get the extra 6 kWh from controls or software?

 

[hydbob]

I hate to think it, but to a manufacturer, it is quite costly to inventory multiple battery pack part numbers that only have a physical 6 kWh variance. Perhaps it is possible to get the extra 6 kWh from controls or software?

The 6kwh was purely just from using Samsung cells vs LG cells

 

[xponents]

The 6kwh was purely just from using Samsung cells vs LG cells

Correct. In fact, the only reason the Samsung cells have 6 kWh extra is because they do not require a buffer as the LG cells do. I believe they are the same physical size.

 

[hydbob]

Correct. In fact, the only reason the Samsung cells have 6 kWh extra is because they do not require a buffer as the LG cells do. I believe they are the same physical size.

Of course they are the same physical size

 

[terrycs]

Yep, I get all that. But in terms of reconciling information reported through the VIN ... do only minimum values need to be reported?

 

[RM-S8]

Wonder what it would say for a Sapphire... @RM-S8 ?

That's what I've got.

 

[terrycs]

That's what I've got.

Nice ... It's starting to sound like Lucid derates their numbers a little. It might be harder to remember, but I think 1,247 still sounds better than 1,234.