# EV Pickup drag race

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/ev-pickup-drag-race/186532>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [September 24, 2022, 8:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ev-pickup-drag-race/186532 "2022-09-24T20:27:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2022, 8:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ev-pickup-drag-race/186532/1 "2022-09-24T20:27:39Z")

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These trucks are all incredibly fast, but the Rivian R1T is the fastest, by a small margin.

[![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/d/a/da2333ade60773476f463d11d2a241e3d74ba774.jpeg "It’s Finally On - We Drag Race ALL The EV Trucks You Can Buy to See Which One RULES the Rest!") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBoFBzuvddw)

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**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2022, 8:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ev-pickup-drag-race/186532/2 "2022-09-24T20:57:56Z")

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And the reason this is important in a truck? If I were to buy a $70,000 truck to haul branches and pull a boat, I likely would not care if it could win a drag race. Unless I were being chased.

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**Author:** ![FoDaddy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/fodaddy/32/717_2.png) [@FoDaddy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/FoDaddy)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2022, 11:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ev-pickup-drag-race/186532/3 "2022-09-24T23:16:34Z")

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It’s just a “nice to have”. Newer trucks are deceptively quick, even the gas/diesel models.

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**Author:** ![MikeInNH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@MikeInNH](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MikeInNH)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2022, 1:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ev-pickup-drag-race/186532/4 "2022-09-26T13:24:05Z")

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> [@bing](#):
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> And the reason this is important in a truck? If I were to buy a $70,000 truck to haul branches and pull a boat, I likely would not care if it could win a drag rac

We’ve had at least 5 arrests this year in NH for truck drag racing.

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**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2022, 10:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ev-pickup-drag-race/186532/5 "2022-09-26T22:35:59Z")

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Drag racing in Canada.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/3/d/3d069bc1a16e0d2b1c1b8f321219760486ac5bd8.jpeg)