Husband and wife's drag race battle pushes 2 Teslas to the limit

There are lots of ways for a couple to bond: Cooking together, traveling or even taking dance classes. However, this Florida couple from the website Drag Times just bonded over drag racing a Tesla Model S P90D versus a Model X P90D Founders Edition.

Moreover, they (well, actually the wife) set a world record for fastest production SUV when the Model X put down a quarter-mile time of 11.61 seconds, reaching 0 to 60 mph in 3.1 seconds and doing 0 to 100 mph in 7.9 seconds.

Although the Model S P90D with Ludicrous acceleration mode was quicker, it wasn’t by much. The Model S did a 11.24-second quarter-mile, reaching 118.5 mph.

Tesla’s chief technical officer admitted to me at the launch of the Model X that one of the things the upstart EV automaker struggled with perfecting was the aerodynamics on their first SUV. It was that work that allowed the seven-passenger EV to be rated at 250 miles per charge … and also set the world record for straight-line SUV acceleration.

Not only does this video prove that you don’t need to sacrifice much of what makes Tesla great when stepping up to the taller Model X, it also shows there’s no bad way to bond with your significant other.

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