Air Dream Performance vs. Taycan Turbo S drag race

[Tesla2.0]

 

[Volund]

It was much closer than I thought it'd be. Probably much lighter being the big reason.

Meanwhile the Lucid driver is having a massage and can store 3 comfortable adults in the back lol

 

[Rob Stark]

It was much closer than I thought it'd be. Probably much lighter being the big reason.

Dream P has 245 front 265 width rear tires.

Taycan Turbo S has 265 front 305 rear tires.

Sapphire will solve this drag race problem. And sacrifice some range. And also probably add carbon ceramic brakes standard for $249k.

 

[hmp10]

It was much closer than I thought it'd be. Probably much lighter being the big reason.

Meanwhile the Lucid driver is having a massage and can store 3 comfortable adults in the back lol

So many of these drag-race type events focus just on initial acceleration. What I found interesting about this video was how clearly it showed the Air's spectacular power delivery from higher speeds. This is an area where other powerful EVs tend to stumble and where Lucid absolutely shines. Although this video pitted the Air against a Taycan, there would have been a similar result against any dual-motor Tesla.

We drove a Model S P90D for six years before getting a Model S Plaid. Tesla had to turn to three motors even to approach the high-speed punch that the heavier Lucid gets from its two motors.

All the focus on standing starts that infuses internet discussions on acceleration causes a lot of people to miss a key point: quick acceleration from speed is more useful in real driving situations than standing-start acceleration. And there the Lucid has no peer among EVs or ICE vehicles.

 

[Steveinarizona]

So many of these drag-race type events focus just on initial acceleration. What I found interesting about this video was how clearly it showed the Air's spectacular power delivery from higher speeds. This is an area where other powerful EVs tend to stumble and where Lucid absolutely shines. Although this video pitted the Air against a Taycan, there would have been a similar result against any dual-motor Tesla.

We drove a Model S P90D for six years before getting a Model S Plaid. Tesla had to turn to three motors even to approach the high-speed punch that the heavier Lucid gets from its two motors.

All the focus on standing starts that infuses internet discussions on acceleration causes a lot of people to miss a key point: quick acceleration from speed is more useful in real driving situations than standing-start acceleration. And there the Lucid has no peer among EVs or ICE vehicles.

+1,000. I couldn't agree more. Amazing to me that some many folks focus on 0-60. I want to know what kind of passing power I have on a road when I am already going 75 or so. Will the power fade?

 

[windscar911]

Made this comment on reddit, putting it here as well.

Trying to find a source but I think Porsche doesn’t include the standard 1-foot rollout in their 0-60 times where as Lucid definitely does (as does most of the industry).

That likely means the Taycan can 0-60 in 2.5 while the Lucid takes a little longer than 2.5s (without a 1-foot rollout might mean something like 2.7 or 2.8s)

You can never count out a Porsche even with a HP disadvantage. I say that as a GT owner.

That being said...we've always had Luxury sedans with absurd hp numbers. You would never drag race them with smaller sports cars with similar or less hp. I don't see the point of a test like this.

The Lucid is in a different segment imo and offers a completely different experience to the Taycan.

 

[Volund]

So many of these drag-race type events focus just on initial acceleration. What I found interesting about this video was how clearly it showed the Air's spectacular power delivery from higher speeds. This is an area where other powerful EVs tend to stumble and where Lucid absolutely shines. Although this video pitted the Air against a Taycan, there would have been a similar result against any dual-motor Tesla.

We drove a Model S P90D for six years before getting a Model S Plaid. Tesla had to turn to three motors even to approach the high-speed punch that the heavier Lucid gets from its two motors.

All the focus on standing starts that infuses internet discussions on acceleration causes a lot of people to miss a key point: quick acceleration from speed is more useful in real driving situations than standing-start acceleration. And there the Lucid has no peer among EVs or ICE vehicles.

+1,000. I couldn't agree more. Amazing to me that some many folks focus on 0-60. I want to know what kind of passing power I have on a road when I am already going 75 or so. Will the power fade?

Not only does the Lucid keep going faster and higher top speed (I myself have been at 170 mph, and would probably never do it again. I had to put some bikers in their place on the highway)

But even the new Cybertruck maxes out at top speeds of 110-140 even up to the 4 motor variant.

 

[Tesla2.0]

So many of these drag-race type events focus just on initial acceleration. What I found interesting about this video was how clearly it showed the Air's spectacular power delivery from higher speeds. This is an area where other powerful EVs tend to stumble and where Lucid absolutely shines. Although this video pitted the Air against a Taycan, there would have been a similar result against any dual-motor Tesla.

We drove a Model S P90D for six years before getting a Model S Plaid. Tesla had to turn to three motors even to approach the high-speed punch that the heavier Lucid gets from its two motors.

All the focus on standing starts that infuses internet discussions on acceleration causes a lot of people to miss a key point: quick acceleration from speed is more useful in real driving situations than standing-start acceleration. And there the Lucid has no peer among EVs or ICE vehicles.

0-60 is for only for paper, the real world use case of 40-100, Lucid is a beast above everything else.