Everyone is aware of that electrical vehicles will be blisteringly fast off the road, due to the moment torque supplied by their electrical motors. However what occurs if you put two seemingly completely different EVs on the monitor to see which one is quicker in a straight line?
Effectively, that’s what British YouTube channel Carwow tried to seek out out, with the video embedded above displaying a drag race between the ultra-luxurious Lucid Air Dream Version Efficiency and the sporty Porsche Taycan Turbo S.
Each are powered by electrical energy, however that’s about the place the similarities finish as a result of the Lucid Air gives 1,111 horsepower from its dual-motor setup at an eyewatering value of $240,000 (£193,000) within the UK, whereas the Porsche gives 761 hp from a dual-motor powertrain and has a price ticket of $184,000 (£148,000) in the UK.
So, after studying the specs, you may assume that the Lucid Air is a certain winner, contemplating that it has way more energy than the Taycan Turbo S and it solely weighs about 220 kilos (100 kilograms) greater than the German-made EV.
Effectively, that’s what we thought, too, however after watching the video, one factor’s sure: even when it has a decrease energy output, that Porsche Taycan Turbo S certain is aware of put it to good use.
That’s to not say Lucid doesn’t know make quick vehicles, nonetheless. Again in December 2022, an Air Sapphire beat a Tesla Mannequin S Plaid and a Bugatti Chiron Pur Sport in a quarter-mile drag race. Thoughts you, the Sapphire comes with a tri-motor powertrain that makes 1,200 horsepower, so it’s a step up from the Dream Version Efficiency.
However anyway, go watch the video embedded on the prime of this web page after which scroll all the way down to the feedback part under to provide us your ideas on the drag race. In case you’re impatient, you possibly can skip to the six-minute mark as a result of that’s when the vehicles really start to maneuver.