In the duel with combustion engines, e-cars continue to make up ground.
The electric cars are also strong when it comes to driving performance.
But is it enough against top combustion engines?
A test provides information.
Given the triumph of
electric cars
, the
automotive industry is facing
the greatest challenge in its history.
Classic combustion engines are
often ahead of their challenges
in disciplines such as
range
or price.
But the race to catch up is on.
A popular video on YouTube now shows how far the Stromer has come.
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Munich - There were a few simple certainties in the automotive world for many years.
Whoever wanted to drive fast needed a lot of horsepower.
Those who wanted to be on the road faster, even more horsepower - and who wanted to boil off everyone else, bought a
Lamborghini
or a
Porsche
.
But with the triumph of electric cars, the decades-old triad of horsepower, speed and torque got bad scratches.
This is due to the technology.
While conventional
diesels
or
petrol engines
need a bit of a run-up due to their design in order to deliver their maximum power, the full torque of the electric vehicles is already available when starting.
No wonder that even burned-out combustion engines are increasingly losing out to the E-Power group.
Bugatti: Four electric cars against the icon from the VW group
At a former airport near
Park City
in the US state of
Utah
, the well-known
YouTuber TheStradman has
now organized the ultimate combustion-
electric
duel and brought up heavy equipment.
In the test set-up: A
Bugatti
Veyron
with four turbochargers, 16 cylinders and a grotesque-looking 1001 hp and four e-athletes from the industry leader
Tesla
.
First, the self-confessed supercar fan buttoned up the rather homely
Tesla
Model 3 Performance, which
didn't stand a chance
in the runway sprint against the HP bolide of the
VW
subsidiary.
Then a
Model X
gets caught
, which can keep up with the Bugatti for a few meters.
But then the four turbochargers of the combustion engine pop in and the violet-colored Veyron leaves the
Tesla
standing as if someone had pulled the charging cable on the SUV on the way.
For the final showdown, TheStradman, whose need-for-speed channel has almost three million followers,
challenges
the “world's fastest
Tesla
”.
It's a
Model S
P100D with the very latest software on board.
According to auto tests, the e-hyper sports car with its 789 hp speeds from zero to 100 in 2.5 seconds.
Bugatti: combustion engine with turbo charger
At the start, the power generator boils down the combustion engine from the Old Continent by almost two car lengths, which the
Tesla
driver acknowledges with incredulous astonishment.
But after igniting the turbocharger rocket in the
Bugatti
, even the challenger to the Californian electric car pioneer no longer sees any land.
“Four starts, four wins,” the Youtuber cheers, euphoric.
But the combustion quadruple from the Utah desert should probably only be a snapshot.
Tesla
boss
Elon Musk
wants to
push
a roadster for speed junkies
as early as next year
.
The US start-up
Lucid also
wants to set an exclamation point in the fight with the traditionalists of the combustion engine.
In the second quarter of 2021, the Californians want
to send
the
Lucid Air
into the race.
The $ 161,500 sedan comes with all-wheel drive - and 1080 hp.
Then the four turbos of the
Bugatti
Veyron could
gradually gasp.