Who would win in a race between a Boeing 737, with a top speed of 850km/h and 50,000 pounds of thrust, or a Tesla Model S on Ludicrous mode?
“The Tesla was hard to catch off the start. But the 737 narrowed the gap as it barrelled down the runway. Both travelled neck and neck as the 737 reached its take-off speed of 140 knots (260km/h) and the Tesla reached its max at around 250 kilometres an hour. The Tesla was in the shadow of the aircraft as it pulled up at the end of the runway – the clear early winner on the ground, just overtaken when the aircraft did what it was designed to do: fly.”
“The Tesla was hard to catch off the start. But the 737 narrowed the gap as it barrelled down the runway. Both travelled neck and neck as the 737 reached its take-off speed of 140 knots (260km/h) and the Tesla reached its max at around 250 kilometres an hour. The Tesla was in the shadow of the aircraft as it pulled up at the end of the runway – the clear early winner on the ground, just overtaken when the aircraft did what it was designed to do: fly.”