[fso301]

A performance car with an internal combustion engine is outclassed by an EV.

The car with the IC engine will still be near the starting line spinning its wheels as the EV crosses the finish line.

[T.B. Yoits]

A performance car with an internal combustion engine is outclassed by an EV. The car with the IC engine will still be near the starting line spinning its wheels as the EV crosses the finish line.

Off-the-line is one scenario that marketers for battery powered vehicles really pushed, but Launch Control solved the wheel-spinning quite some time ago.

In addition, a car with an internal combustion engine gets lighter during a race as it burns fuel. An electric vehicle drags the full weight of depleting batteries around for the whole race. The longer the race, the greater the advantage to the internal combustion engine.

[CodeToad]

Nope. Seems everyone thinks an EV will always outperform a ICE.

[doorgunner69]

You are assuming the oversized golf cart can make it a whole lap without overheating.

[EandH Dad]

“The car with the IC engine will still be near the starting line spinning its wheels as the EV crosses the finish line.”

You are correct. To a degree. I’ll race your EV in my 10 year old minivan. From one end of Texas to the other.

[ridesthemiles]

WILL NEVER GIVE UP MY OLD IRON ICE VEHICLES

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

Yeah, if it manages not to burst into flames.

[Yossarian]

The car with the IC engine will still be near the starting line spinning its wheels as the EV crosses the finish line.

There is far more to car performance that 0-60 or quarter-mile times.