His Excellency Sheikh Khalifa bin Ali Al Thani shared, through his Twitter account, a video showing experiments carried out by Salem Al Marri on a Tesla Model (Y) over the sands of Khor Al Adaid, which is known to require a specific type of four-wheel drive petrol car to overcome its sands and rugged terrain.
The video showed the ingenuity of the Tesla car in traversing sand and sandy and mountainous terrain near Khor Al Adaid beach.
watched car #Tesla electric sands #Khor _ Al-Adeed .. Are you threatening petrol quads?#Qatar pic.twitter.com/6WeOywKSJH
- Qatari media Newspaper – Qatar (@alsharq_portal) April 29, 2023
While the followers of Sheikh Khalifa bin Ali asked about replacing their current cars with new electric cars, due to their ability to pass this terrain with ease?
In response to his followers that cars descending from the mountain is easier than climbing, Sheikh Khalifa bin Ali explained that the ascent of electric cars is easier, and the torque is higher than the petrol cars, which have more torque than other cars.
He added that electric cars have two types of drive, namely four-wheel drive and rear, and about the fears that they are light, he indicated that the car is heavy because of the batteries, explaining that the Tesla car weighs 2003, but it has a higher torque compared to petrol cars, as it is able to accelerate from 0 to 100. in 3.7 seconds.
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