The only way forward

As some of you may know (I've largely kept this off my professional network) I own the first, and still one of the few, track-ready Tesla Model 3 Performance in Europe. I've been passionate about performance cars, sustainable energy and technology since I was a child. I dreamt of a future where we could drive electric cars powered by solar (since in the end the sun is a giant fusion reactor in the sky providing endless free energy) for free. This future is now here.

As a car enthusiast I am convinced we are living one of the most exciting era of the automotive industry, where massive leaps in technology and energy storage are opening new and numerous new possibilities.

Two years ago on this day, an event led me to write the following piece that I posted on a different platform, and that I'd like to share with you here. This was for me a pivotal moment in history. I hope you enjoy reading it, as much as did writing it:

[12.11:2018] This week I posted about #Tesla releasing the #TrackMode update for the Model 3 Performance (update: note that since we have #TrackModeV2 capable of freely transferring, to either 100% front or 100% rear, power in increments of 5%). The folks from Mountain Pass Performance (update: A team of passionate Canadians with whom I ended up collaborating for building my car) took part this weekend at a time attack super lap in California with a Model 3 (EV then). With the software update and minor modifications (coilovers) the car achieved the best lap time winning their category. As they were on the podium, very tactful not, the organizers, following some participants complaints, disqualified them for, listen to this: “not using approved fuel”

It would be funny if it weren’t true. But this actually happened.

In times where social unrest is raising due to increasing fuel prices, you would think that we would encourage alternative power sources, but no. We continue to head on straight with no willingness to change.

As a son of an oil engineer, who specialized in identifying reserves and the most adequate extraction techniques, I am aware as everyone else, that reserves are limited. Coupled with ever increasing car production rates to satisfy a growing global population of middle class, reserves were expected since my younger ages to last well under a century (not considering any curbing of consumption due to the impacts resulting from emissions)

With that in mind, how can anyone be surprised about fuel prices not exponentially rising over time?!?

Fuel is dead in the automotive industry.

Mark this week, CW45 2018, in your calendars for its the week an EV car manufacturer beat all other traditional internal combustion car manufacturers with an over-the-air update that improved torque vectoring of its electrical engines and cooling its battery packs to achieve a record lap time.

Most traditional car manufacturers are literally asleep at the wheel oblivious of the tectonic shift that is taking place. The awakening will be painful for them, with bankruptcy as the only option for some.

The car industry, and by extension car related sports, is undergoing extreme change. Clearly seems not everyone is ready for better. But time and time again, Darwinism triumphs. It is not the strongest that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives, but rather, that which is most adaptable to change

Limited fuel reserves, worsening air conditions, I let you guess then who is better prepared for what is coming... those that are adapting to the new conditions and requirements. For now they are being invited to step down from the podium, but not for much longer...

Christopher

PS: I regularly track around France and Europe. If you wish to have a track experience in a performance electric vehicle, do reach out if you are interested in a passenger ride. In the meantime feel free to check out my IG or YouTube accounts below.

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