Hate on Elon and the CT all you want... watch it beat a 911 in a drag race. While TOWING another 911...

[WarGamer]

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Car guy all my life... heavily into drag racing for decades...

And holy shit.

0-60 in 2.6s and sub 11 second quarter mile

[Conjuay]

1. still,

if Mellon Husk is involved- I won’t be.

[WarGamer]

2. Do you think Musk designed, engineered, programmed or assembled the truck?

Just like SpaceX, Musk is a figure head... nothing more.

Spacex and Tesla rock.

[ProfessorGAC]

6. If You Believe That...

...then the title of your OO makes no sense.
It certainly implies that Musk has something to do with the vehicle.
Is he a visionary we shouldn't slag or just a figurehead? It can't be both.

[WarGamer]

10. Then let me rephrase...

No matter what one may think of Musk... and most see him as a villain...

That doesn't diminish the accomplishments of SpaceX or Tesla.

Musk is the Carnival barker and shouldn't take away from the talent and skill of the high wire walker or the clowns.

[ProfessorGAC]

13. Now, We Agree

There are many wonderful technologists at those 2 companies.

[BannonsLiver]

7. "But it go reaaaaal fast and pull heavy things"

[Chainfire]

3. What they didn't show is at the finish line the whole thing burst into flames and incenerated the driver.

But, damn, it was quick.

Musk is a world class asshole regardless of how he has invested his fortune.

[BannonsLiver]

4. ...

[Shermann]

5. It's an impressive ugly truck

The sheet metal panels drove the wedgelike design, so the durability came at a severe cost. He supposedly has over a million pre-orders, so that could put it in the black regardless. I look forward to seeing one on the highway.

[jcgoldie]

8. fuck elon musk

.

[Disaffected]

9. Whatever one thinks of Tesla, they do know how

to put on a show. Was that 2.6 0-60 with the trailer/Porsche? I'm guessing not as the Porsche was very close and it won't do that.

Musk and vehicle aesthetics aside, the Cybertruck IMO is very innovative and intriguing. I'm predicting it will be a great success or complete bust with nothing much in between.

[WarGamer]

11. It's like the old HUMMERS...

They will sell well for the crowd who wants to be noticed. You probably won't see CyberTruck gardener trucks or plumbing trucks.

Looks like they raced a garden variety 911, not an S model... but that's STILL a 12 second car.

[Disaffected]

18. Yup, the comparison to a Hummer is

apt.

[NNadir]

12. Well, I have no use for cars or the car CULTure, but Eloon is not an engineer, not a scientist, and not capable of...

...designing and delivering anything. He's a spoiled brat rich boy who got rich off of Apartheid era exploitation by his family, a confirmed racist, who believes that he can take credit for other people's work by buying it out.

The car, by the way, is a piece of shit.

[ExciteBike66]

14. Lol yeah but most roads have corners...

The 911 would smoke that truck on any non straight road, which is to say most of them.

And drag racing is boring...

[vanamonde]

15. Apples and oranges

Correct me if I am wrong. My understanding is that electric motors generate maximum torque at the git-go (which is why railroad locomotives are diesel-electric). So sure, CT excels over the 911 at starting-gate acceleration.
In the real world, high acceleration is only a small part of what we ask of our vehicles. Useful (but not essential) when merging onto a freeway, or rapid avoidance of an imminent potential collision.
Fair enough to demonstrate one's best assets, but ultimately not very important compared to the other trade-offs between the two motive technologies.
My $0.02

[chowder66]

16. Neat. A really fast tow truck that looks like shit.

[edhopper]

17. Bullshit demo

All electric cars have faster acceleration than gas engines.
Let's see how a Tesla does against a Porsche EV.

But a bigger issue is these fast accelerations are dangerous and should be tamped down. Regular drivers can't control it.

[Disaffected]

20. "All electric cars have faster acceleration than gas engines."

Not the case and there is no reason it would be. Most EVs these days will out accelerate most GVs (gasoline vehicles), especially off the line, but that's just the way they are built (it's a great selling point).

How a Tesla would do against a Porsche EV would depend on the Tesla model. For instance, the Tesla S Plaid does 0-60 in 2.3 which I believe beats the hottest Porsche EV by about 1/2 second.

Agreed though that these crazy acceleration capabilities are dangerous in the wrong hands.

[edhopper]

21. Yes

I should have said "Most."

[Goodheart]

19. Of course, that's what we all want...

a high speed ugly tow truck.

So very practical.

[Shanti Shanti Shanti]

22. Another toy for the rich, "$61,000 for basic model", to $100,000

[EX500rider]

23. Yeah i was pretty impressed when Jeremy Clarkson raced the Audi R8 Vs the Model X

...which is a 4 door SUV, and the R8 has 600hp

Obviously the R8 would have over taken on top end on a longer race but wow

And "Celebration Mode" lol