Tesla Beats Faraday By A Millisecond, Competition For Fastest EV Continue

During the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show, luxury electric car company Faraday Future declared that they had the fastest electric car in the world with the FF91. Recently, Tesla Motors responded by unleashing the full capabilities of its Model S P100D and beat Faraday Future’s vehicle by a hair’s breadth.

Faraday Future has been nipping at the heels of Tesla ever since it was founded, with proponents saying that it will be the one to finally overtake Elon Musk’s global monster of a car company. During the most recent CES, Faraday shared footage of its FF91 beating the Model S in a drag race courtesy of its acceleration from 0 to 60mph in 2.39 seconds, Futurism reports.

Tesla responded by having its engineers activate the recently updated Ludicrous Plus mode in its P100D, which accelerated the vehicle to 60mph in 2.389 seconds. That’s literally one millisecond of difference, but it still makes Tesla the maker of the fastest electric vehicle around. Musk isn’t done yet, however.

Never one to back down from a fight, the eccentric billionaire believes that Tesla can push its production vehicles to accelerate from 0 to 60mph in 2.34 seconds. Considering that the race model of the Model S vehicle with Ludicrous Plus mode enabled is already capable of reaching 62mph in a mere 2.1 seconds, it’s not that hard to believe that Musk actually means what he is saying.

Of course, since Musk isn’t exactly one to brag, he simply Tweeted that 60mph in 2.34 seconds “might be achievable” in light of early results from the test. This isn’t even the only thing that Faraday might have to be afraid of either.

As Tech Times points out, the FF91 that the company showed off during CES isn’t a production model, while the Model S that it was pitted against was. This means that the FF91 that will eventually come out will be heavier, which will make it slower. All things considered, it’s beginning to look like Faraday’s case is hopeless.