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tl;dr: the official video shows the Cybertruck beating the Porche at 1/8 mile marker but by extrapolating the 1/8 times of a Cybertruck, Porche and Cybertruck +
by sxp 3y ago
tl;dr: the official video shows the Cybertruck beating the Porche at 1/8 mile marker but by extrapolating the 1/8 times of a Cybertruck, Porche and Cybertruck + Porche (6.94, 8.38, 8.25), the results would be 11.0, 11.5, 12.2 respectively.
I guess we'll just need to wait for someone to repeat the experiment to see if the 1/4 claim is still true. The basis of this experiment was to repeat a previous experiment where a Model X beat an Alfa Romeo 4C while towing a 4C: https://vimeo.com/253258542 https://vimeo.com/253258542
- kllrnohj 3y ago> I guess we'll just need to wait for someone to repeat the experiment to see if the 1/4 claim is still true. We really don't since as the video also noted the cybertruck with porsche is already 1.3s slower to the 1/8th mile than a cybertruck without Porsche, so the absolute best time for the towing result is 12.3s 1/4 mile, well short of a base 911. Also you got your times wrong. It's 12.2 for the 911 T with a manual transmission. The extrapolated cybertruck towing time was 12.8 11.0 for cybertruck, 11.5 for base model Porsche 911 (which is an automatic), 12.2 for 911 T (manual + lighter so easier to tow), 12.3 best case cybertruck towing time (assuming it did the second 1/8th mile as fast as the non-towing result), and 12.8 extrapolated