These guys can't stop laughing while drag racing an EV 1970 VW Beetle vs a modern 911 GT3 RS

Electric vehicles pretty much already own ‘run what you brung’ drag racing at most strips around the US.

The Lucid Air and the Model S Plaid can both do high 8sec 1/4mi runs. The eCopo Camaro can do low 8’s. The Electric Hummer can do 11.5 sec in a truck that weighs 9k lbs! The Rivian R1T can also do mid 11’s in a pick up truck.

At local HPDE track days here in LA, I’ve seen Tesla Model S Plaids do some amazing hero laps before the onboard systems limit HP to keep the batteries from overheating.

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