Charger Daytona R/T Faces Tesla Model Y — On The Drag Strip

Are you kidding? You are act like you actually likethe ev charger. For an electric vehicle that doesn't even have self driving, what do you expect? You can even go to tk's garage or ocmotivator's youtube channel and they called it. Look, I HATE electric cars, but I would rather drive a tesla for the rest of my LIFE than drive something that is known for breaking in the first 10 miles of leaving the dealership. Don't believe me? Tk's garage says it all! The first youtuber who even owned one had his bricked after a simple car wash.

My buddy had a early X... it spent more time on the Hauler then it did on the road.....

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The more I look at this race and look at the Tesla, I think the advantage went to the fact that the Tesla may have a more performance-oriented set of tires on it which may have helped give it the edge on the jump which resulted in the Tesla barely winning this match. The two cars ran a pretty much dead even run all the way down the track with the Tesla never getting away from the much heavier Charger. A win is a win but I can't sit here and clearly say the Tesla is the faster vehicle, when honestly they are pretty much evenly matched cars. I said in the comments of another article that the outcome of this race would have gone more in the Charger's favor once the lighter battery packs are a thing and also if Stellantis puts the 3-speed gearboxes in all of the Daytona models and not just the 800V Banshee. Someone above made a comment they'd rather drive a Tesla for the duration of their existence rather than the Charger because of it's current issues. While we all have our choices, please remember that Teslas were known for catching on fire when they first came out and that was for the first few years of their existence. Telsa also had issues with their autonomy along with issues in cold weather and a plethora of other things that they've worked on over the course of time so to condemn a first model year car is kind of silly because we already know the first years of anything are going to be trial and error. And to everyone out there waiting for the Hurricane cars to hit the streets, they have a few issues of their own so they're not going to be a complete saving grace. They burn up catalytic converters and have cooling system issues and a few other quirks of their own. The truth is all of these cars have their inherent issues but the fact is, these cars, even with their flaws are still competitive with what is on the market, just priced too high.
I'd say give the car like a year or two to really get all of the bugs worked out and for Stellantis to make the necessary adjustments with the car now that we have it in real time and I'm saying that for both the EV and the Six Pack Variants. The build quality on the car is already phenomenal, just need the tech and powertrain to match the looks

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