---
title: "Lucid Motors Claims to Have Beaten Tesla Model S on Drag Strip"
description: "Tesla competitor Lucid Motors claims to have beaten a Tesla Model S in a quarter mile race, covering the distance in a blistering 9.9 seconds."
date: "2020-09-02"
modified: "2020-09-02"
authors:
  - name: "Victor Tangermann"
    job_title: "Senior Editor"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/lucid-motors-beaten-tesla-model-s-quarter-mile"
categories:
  - "Advanced Transport"
  - "Tesla"
tags:
  - "elon musk"
  - "lucid air"
  - "lucid motors"
  - "tesla"
  - "the digest"
---

# Lucid Motors Claims to Have Beaten Tesla Model S on Drag Strip

![Tesla competitor Lucid Motors claims to have beaten a Tesla Model S in a quarter mile race, covering the distance in a blistering 9.9 seconds.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/lucid-motors-beaten-tesla-model-s-quarter-mile.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: Lucid Motors\</em\>*

## Runner Up

Tesla competitor Lucid Motors claims to have beaten a Tesla Model S in a quarter mile race, covering the distance in a blistering 9.9 seconds.

https://youtu.be/7LRT7bIJcis

The company has been hyping up its Lucid Air electric luxury sedan for several weeks now. First, it claimed the sedan will have a whopping [517 mile range](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/tesla-competitor-lucid-motors-air-517-mile-range>) on a single charge. Then they [said](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/tesla-competitor-fastest-charging-ever>) it "will be the fastest charging electric vehicle ever offered."

## 9.9 Seconds

And now, Lucid is coming after Tesla's speed records as well. The Air, with its 1,080 horsepower powertrain, can launch from zero to 60 mph in just 2.5 seconds. Now it says the vehicle covered the quarter mile, with an experienced driver behind the wheel and warmed up tires, in just under ten seconds.

Lucid Motors went as far as claiming the drag race made it the "world's quickest production sedan."

A Tesla Model S Performance with a specialized powertrain took 0.7 seconds longer, as [*Motor Trend* reports](<https://www.motortrend.com/news/2021-lucid-air-ev-powertrain/>). A 2020 Porsche Taycan Turbo S took 0.6 seconds longer.

The Lucid Air will make its first big stage appearance (albeit virtually) during an online event [next week](<https://www.motortrend.com/news/2021-lucid-air-debut-date-details-photos/>).

**READ MORE:** [In ego battle, Lucid Motors claims to beat Tesla with 9.9 second quarter mile](<https://techcrunch.com/2020/09/02/in-ego-battle-lucid-motors-claims-to-beat-tesla-with-9-9-second-quarter-mile/>) \[*TechCrunch*\]

**More on Lucid Motors:** *[Tesla Competitor Claims Its Car Will Be the “Fastest Charging” EV Ever](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/tesla-competitor-fastest-charging-ever>)*

## Author
I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida.

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