When it comes to supercars, the general rule of thumb is that if you want to race them around the track, you go for a rear-wheel-drive setup. If quarter-mile drag racing is your thing, though, you're better off with an all-wheel-drive option.
The reasons behind that are simple: RWD gives you better handling and a lighter vehicle, while AWD makes sure plenty of traction will be available right from the get-go by distributing the torque to all four wheels. Besides, a little extra weight is nothing for cars that generate as much power as a Lamborghini Huracan EVO.
EVs, on the other hand, don't have to deal with "a little extra weight", but a lot of it. However, the AWD system - made up of two distinct motors - isn't so much to blame as is the battery pack. Take that out of the equation and the 761 PS (750 hp) of the Turbo S would sound like outright overkill; however, at 1,389 lbs (630 kg), you would need quite a powerful crane to do it.
Batteries aren't going anywhere for the moment, and despite all the undeniable advancement, they are still the main stumbling block for the wide-spread adoption of EVs. With performances like the one the Taycan puts up against the Huracan EVO, though, more and more people might become convinced that this is the future.
It looks like its AWD system and the prepped surface are still not enough to give the Huracan enough traction off the line. The Italian supercar still jitters and bogs for a few moments before finding its rhythm and letting that majestic-sounding naturally-aspirated 5.2-liter V10 engine scream its lungs out. And what a spectacle it is when it does.
However, not even when it gets going does it look like the Lambo is going to catch the Taycan. Unlike the Tesla Model S, the Taycan has that two-gear transmission that allows it to continue accelerating efficiently even at higher speed levels, and it shows.
For the second race, the Huracan EVO blatantly jumps the light. That's not a good sign as it usually signals a bit of frustration, if not even desperation. The driver just wants to see the car crossing the line first, even if that doesn't necessarily mean it won the race. And it didn't, as the Porsche Taycan Turbo S puts one consistent sub-10.5-second run after another, despite having raced a Tesla Model S earlier that day too.
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