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Independent Recreation of Tesla’s Infamous Cybertruck vs Porsche 911 Drag Race Reveals Interesting Results

During the Cybertruck delivery event, Tesla showed the all-electric truck out racing a Porsche 911 while towing a Porsche 911. Recently, Tesla’s demonstration video has come into question, and now a new video independently recreates the drag race.
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After so many years of waiting, when Tesla finally started delivering the Cybertruck, one of the most eye-catching demos the EV maker showed was a drag race between a Cybertruck and a Porsche 911.

A full-sized truck drag racing a two-door sports car is on its own absurd; however, upping the ante, not only did Tesla show the Cybertruck beating the Porsche 911 in a drag race, but the all-electric truck was able to do so while towing another Porsche 911.

This sent shock waves throughout the automotive world. Tesla fans were jubilant seeing what the EV maker achieved, and others doubted whether the test was done properly.

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The famous YouTube channel Engineering Explained and host Jason poked holes in Tesla’s demonstration video, pointing out inconsistencies.

Thanks to Jason’s probings, we have learned that the drag race was done in an eighth of a mile rather than the more conventional quarter-mile race – The Cybertruck’s electric motors give the truck an advantage for short distances.

This was all well and good; however, what’s better than analyzing Tesla’s video and trying to find out if everything in the EV maker’s demonstration was done correctly?

The better way, at least in our opinion, is to run the drag race between the Cybertruck and Porshhe 911 again, but this time with independent adjudicators in charge of the race rather than Tesla.

Lucky for us, this is precisely what the Canadian YouTube channel Throttle House has done. In their latest video, hosts Thomas and James pit the Cybertruck Cyberbeast against a Porsche 911 Turbo S.

Before we get into the results, something to note here is that the Porsche 911 Turbo S is the fastest 911 in production and has performance and a 0 to 60 time that rivals that of the Tesla Model S Plaid.

However, Tesla appears to have done the Porsche 911 race against the base version Porsche 911 Carrera, which has a 0 to 60 second time of around 4 seconds.

With this big caveat out of the way, let's get into the video. As predicted, the Porsche 911 Turbo S demolishes the Cybertruck Cyberbeast in a drag race. The video shows the sports car finishing the race several car lengths ahead of the Cybertruck.

So what does this mean? Did Tesla flat-out lie during their Porsche 911 drag race video? Not quite.

Even though racing against one of the best performance sports cars in the modern era, in the video, you can see at least up to a quarter or half the way the Cybertruck is able to beat the fastest Porsche in a drag race.

However, when we reach higher speeds, the Cybertruck’s enormous size starts to push against the air, and there is no overcoming physics. Air resistance grows at the cube of speed, which means, air resistance gets exponentially stronger at higher speeds.

So, what’s the overall verdict? The Cybertruck might not be as dominant against a Porsche 911 as Tesla might have led us to believe; however, the fact that a full-sized pickup truck is being compared against one of the best sports cars in performance testing proves the technological lead that Tesla has achieved.

I wouldn’t want to be Porsche when Tesla finally starts selling a sports car. This is the latest information regarding the Cybertruck’s performance; however, we’ll be sure to keep you posted when we receive further information. 

Until then, make sure to visit our site, torquenews.com/Tesla, regularly for the latest updates.

So what do you think? Excited to see a recreation of the Cybertruck versus Porsche 911 drag race? Having watched the independent test, what is your conclusion? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.

Image: Screenshot from Throttle House YouTube channel

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Comments

DeanMcManis (not verified)    February 16, 2024 - 12:41AM

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Throttle House has a fun video, but it really doesn't have any bearing on the idea of the base 911 racing the Cyberbeast towing the base 911. Tesla people said that the reason why they did an 1/8th mile test for the video was that the tire rating of the tow trailer was lower than the 1/4 mile trap speed. Interestingly, even though the 911 Turbo is notoriously one of the quickest 0-60 cars built, the Cyberbeast was quicker (at least in these races), which is very impressive considering the huge weight difference. I suspect that the base 911 would have been blown away by the Cybertruck, despite it's huge weight and aerodynamics advantages. Of course a better race comparison would have been having the Cyberbeast run against the $200K Porsche Cayenne Turbo GT.

Robert (not verified)    February 16, 2024 - 11:48AM

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The Cybertruck beat the 911 in the video. They did not deceive anyone at all. This test is meaningless since they did not use the same car.
Also over the course of a race the longer they go the more the Turbo S will win not because of air resistance but because it has a higher top speed.

Robert (not verified)    February 20, 2024 - 1:31AM

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I just want to add one more note to this.
In the video he actually admits the reason that the Turbo S passes the cybertruck is only because of it's top speed. You have to listen closely to what he is saying while he is driving it. They also do say at what point the Tesla is overtaken. So what race did the Porsche actually win? They never actually say.