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So if you have CCS, you do your homework, research all the chargers, read the forums, and push it to the limit, then it's a coin flip between losing to the Tesla by a few hours, and losing to the Tesla by a few minutes.

Crazy how much station knowledge you need just to drive the Lucid

Truly one of the most fun adventures I’ve done, huge shoutout to both Kyle and Ryan for optimizing every last bit of juice these cars had making this a epic race! What a freakin blast this was!

Kyle: AHHH FULL SEND; Colton: AHHH DONT WANT TO SHARE POWER; Ryan: It’s like an angry frog hahah; I f***ing loved this video.

I CANNOT believe I just spent THREE AND ONE HALF hours of my life watching this! I kept thinking I’d fast forward to the end. But as you all exclaimed over and over and over and over again and again, it was “freakin’ epic!” Bravo!!!

CCS charging is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get.

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I really hope they do this race again once all of the EVs can all use the Tesla charging network.

Probably the first time I watched a KZfaq video that was 3 and a half hours long without skipping forward.

2:30:53 this is the moment Kyle fumbled in his own end zone. You can see how gutted he is that he miscalculated which charger is at Frisco. This really shows how passionate Kyle is about what he does. Bravo Kyle. It is really hard to optimize charging like you do.

Now a race to Vegas in reverse would be interesting……… backing up all the way would give the reversing cams a work out!

For me, one of the best aspects to this video was the cooperative competition instead of cut-throat competition. This made it far more enjoyable.

1350 Miles in 24 hours in a 2018 Model 3 AWD LR. We got the call, my mom was in hospice, only a few days to live. After a couple of bad overnight drives, we have always stayed at hotel. We decided this trip warranted an over night drive. The Model 3 and the supercharger network performed flawlessly. The two things that stood out was autopilot and how comfortable the seats where for the passenger to sleep. We averaged 57 MPH. It was mostly in the Northeast and the Midwest, where the speed limits are 65-70 versus 75-80 for the race. The faster speeds might change the average speed.

This is a fantastically fun video. Can't believe I just watched it all at 2* speed which made it seem even more frantic 🤣

I’d like to test the route planner and make a rule that you have to do what it recommends. That’s the way normal people will use them. Most people don’t have the specific expertise your team does.

Well done Kyle for putting this together! 👏🏻 Great race - keep doing these, and long videos work very well. Kyle sending it at every opportunity 😂. This channel must have one of the highest percentage retention rate on long format 2 hour plus videos on KZfaq.

Wow, I can’t believe I sat and watched about 97% of this video without skipping through!!! I guess I better get back to work…😬

Moral of the story, Google Maps > Apple Maps

Wow! Out of all of the races so far this one was my favorite. Crappy EA and traffic and one exit difference made this a real nail biter. Thank you Kyle and team for making these epic videos. I could never travel as much as you and you make it very educational and entertaining. I will get an electric because of this channel one day.

“Race to Vegas in reverse” “Race to Clear Detailing” “Race to Fort Collins” “Race to Windsor” How about… “Race FROM Vegas?” 😂

The fact that you all made this video with such passion and posted it is proof that EVs are not ready for prime time and gasoline powered cars are still king now and for at least the next decade.

The whole intro speech is about being worried about charging

If Kyle had drove the Taycan he probably would had won this race. He never would charge a Taycan to 94% to arrive with 17% at the next stop. But anyway great race, nice run form everyboady and thanks to all of you, it was a pleasure to watch.

I think I head the words “ripped, charging curve, and epic” more in these 3 videos than in my entire life😂. Enjoyed every minute of it.

Ganapathy is the real winner.

How are you talking about driving without AC y’all sound crazy and nobody has a SUNROOF

Well... 3 hours of my work day will be this running in the background! Cheers Out of Spec!

I think you are doing a fantastic job of teaching EV owners that you can reach places with less than 5% rather than the human tendency to start panicking at 20%, However, in the real world, almost nobody has your deep knowledge of volts, amps and watts in relation to charging speed, miles/kw, kw/mile etc etc. Not every journey is a Cannonball run and not every driver has the colossal breadth of your knowledge of which chargers work how etc.

That ending!!!! Fastest 3.5 hours of my life ha

What a fantastic series guys. Incredibly educational and this is the kind of content that will really help with EV adoption in the future. EV companies need to downplay the “total range at 100%” number. I understand that marketing wise it is what ICE drivers understand but the usefulness of the driving distance on a 100% charge is interesting at best and misleading at worst. I hope they focus on and improve the overall charging curve of these vehicles. How fast my EV can DC charge from 1%-80% is a far more important metric than overall miles. The longer an EV can hold 250-350Kw during a charging session creates far more time savings on road trips than the extra mileage you may get one time off your 100% home charge. When I roadtrip in my EV I still never charge to 100% at home because I charge up as much as I need to to comfortably get to my first charging stop and then begin the charger hopping experience. I get that for serious road warriors stopping every 150 miles is not acceptable, but for those of us with kids and pets it’s hardly a sacrifice. I just want those stops to be 1) filled with reliable charging infrastructure that delivers the kw it advertises, 2) the car charging curve to accept that max power for as long as possible before massively tapering off (up to 70%-80% would be amazing), and 3) there to be some minimal amenities where we stop for food and bathroom breaks. Can’t wait for your next series like this.

No criticisms here, totally fair assessment of DCFC on that route. The only conclusions that can be drawn though is that with THIS particular style of road tripping (trying to make a trip in one day as fast as possible with minimal breaks) is that the Lucid and Taycan are within 6 minutes of a Tesla even with the bad charging infrastructure. Also most Tesla owners don't have free supercharger charging like you do @outofspecmotoring , so I think one must consider the big picture, that the Taycan is a super cool Porsche with better than EPA range but less comfort and space and range than the Lucid, and the Tesla is the tecchy noisy bumpy car that has great charging experiences but otherwise lacks the elegance and relaxation of the Lucid. So would most road trippers say "wow, I'll say forget the Taycan and Lucid cuz the Tesla won by 6 minutes"? I sincerely doubt it.

great race... things got really exciting when you were all at the Edwards station at the same time. The ending just shows that all 3 models are great

This might be the best week ever! So many long videos! I love it!!!

Great race and what an ending! Congratulations on editing this beast too! 🤣

This is the Formula one of EV racing, love these competitions!

Thank you for posting it as one video instead of breaking it up. That was absolutely fantastic. Thank you Kyle, Coleton and Ryan. Looking forward to next race to Vegas. Would be fun to see you do a tow to Vegas video when you get your hands on R1T, Lightning, Silverado and CyberTruck

Can’t wait to watch this whole video. This is a great test and a really entertaining video.

We need the everyday man’s EV race to Vegas: Model Y, ID4, BOLT or Mach E…

I started watching this 4am. Went to work at 5. Worked 8 hrs, came home cut the grass and watched the last two hours. I don’t own an electric vehicle, however, this was extremely entertaining. The editing was on point. Great job on that. Next should be a cannonball run for EV. That would be awesome.

3 spectacular hrs later and man I really enjoyed this video. I streamed it like a Netflix movie😂 and the best part was the tension building up at the end of the video. All these cars are wonderful. 🔥🔥

I enjoyed every tire squealing second of this!

Wow. Longest video on Out of Spec till date?

I wonder if the Tesla Model S LR would have been significantly faster than the Plaid?

Great video, thanks for doing this race! Would be interested to know if there’s another area of the country where the results would be way different, either due to charging, terrain, or some other variable.

This is the best content on youtube. You all did really well and kept the excitement going right to the end.

Hit the like button if you spent the better part of a day watching this episode. 👍

Man, This was epic! I cannot believe that I just spent all that amount of time watching this but I just loved every single minute of it. Well done to all of you and to sum up I guess you could say "it's not about the car but all about the infrastructure". super entertainment!

Kyle....first off...THANKS SO MUCH!!!! for the content you create and what you do for the EV community. I love watching the Out of Spec channels and your content is very informative and entertaining. Second...I have an idea for you. Now that we have seen what expert road trippers can do in these cars, I think the public and I would love to see what would happen if this race was done from a different perspective. That is, making the same trip but doing as a Non-road tripping expert. Just punching in your destination and following the car's trip planner. Let's see how long it would take the car and the charging infrastructure to get just your normal Joe that knows nothing about EV road tripping to the destination and/or back. After all the goal of most, if not all, EV manufacturers is to make it as easy and simple to travel with these cars as possible. I hope you will consider my suggestion.

This is the best 3.5 hour video on YT, no contest.

Great video, Model S Plaid is King. My Model S Plaid on 19" wheels gives about 40-60 miles more per charge than on 21" wheels. Would love to see that next time.

Please do another one of these again soon.

There is a trivially easy way to win - use a car with an internal combustion engine. Sorry - someone had to say it. ;) These things are really cool toys - I'd love to have one for the purpose, but you certainly can't rely on them for anything serious.

3:26:00 The ending was awsome with so close between second and third place.

What a great video. Made all the miles on the treadmill go by without a thought! OOS makes great stuff, this one kind of felt like grown-up Stand By Me. Let’s see a $33,000 Ioniq 6 RWD on 18’s take them all down!!!!!!! Thanks Ryan, Colton and Kyle!

Great video! I am worried about the windshield chip on the Taycan... I hope it can be easily fixed :)

Great covering and watched it as the end of my working week - also the length is great, don't chop it up. It was really close at the end which is the best for a tense race movie :)

Would be great to have a GPS log of the trip and then animate that on a map.

those 3 and a half hours went by fast, really enjoy these long videos

This was just brilliant! Watched it all in one stretch! Very well done, guys 👏🏾👏🏾 👏🏾

You guys just showed me how far they still have to go.

always amazed when i see how different the traveling styles are, comparing europe and the US.

LOVE these race videos, I wish there were more hours in Kyle’s days so we could get a cannon ball type or race to Vegas/anywhere trips every couple months. Great entertainment and education/tips I can’t wait for my next road trip.

Great data and an awesome video! Would love to see a vdeo of all cars sharing the same price category. Also curious to see howthese things shake out when charging is actually reliable all around.

What an interesting journey! Thanks a lot for sharing this in such level of detail. Is there a particular reason why the Taycan was not driven in its most efficient „Range“ mode?

Wow this video was so cool to watch. Seeing the different stops happening then all arriving within 20 minute window is quite impressive.

This is the VERY FIRST video I've watched from you. And It WAS 3 Hours and 33 minutes long... I watched every second and enjoyed all of it. Thank you!🙃😃

This was comparable if not better then a full night movie. Congrats! It was amazing to see for long trips what are the different platforms are capable of.

Great video! Back in July of last year these were the three cars that were on my short list. Lucid was #3, Porsche was #2. The Plaid was my selection in large part because of the superior charging network. I've done 9,500 miles of road tripping since then, my longest road trip was 4,700 miles during Thanksgiving week, and not once did I have to wait for a charger. I don't know about the other cars, but the Plaid was so smooth and comfortable I've had four 1,000+ mile drive days.

The Race From Vegas

Fantastic videos. I watched all three episodes. The editing and commentary on this was possibly the best I have ever seen on Out of Spec. The finish was epic and again your editing and capturing that tiree squealing finish left me sweaty-handed. And as you pointed out the Tesla Super Charger network really shined here which has been my experience. I have taken quite a few long trips in my Mode Y and while I have learned a lot of skills about how to road trip efficiently from watching these videos I am no way in the league of you three. What a race!

Looks like Kyle needs to switch to Google Maps 😂

Entertaining content! But If these cars were so close in a 12hr race, then it doesn't matter in terms of which one is a good road tripper. All of these are good. Kyle was complaining about Lucid most of the time. But I would take the comfort of lucid any day on such long trips.

What an epic race! Entertaining and fun to watch!

Very exciting episode- bravo ! Interesting how close it was - and the difference charging strategies needed for cars

Epic race, I'm from France and finally has the same feeling, tesla superchargers make your life so easy. I did 1200km in 2 days with a small model3 sr+ and it was a nice and smooth experience. Your 3 hours video required me to split the viewing in several times but it is nice to come back to it as soon as you have a break and enjoy that race. Good job... I was listening to the tires screaming on arrival, was really fun and suspens was there, I was even afraid of an accident occurring with these powerful cars... Take care, and once again, good job.;-)

That finisher was a perfect climax!

Thanks for the great series. What a great ending. Thoroughly enjoyed watching! 👏

I can't believe I binge-watched hours of video about EV nerds racing to and from Las Vegas. Very nicely done!

Epic! Great video. Ryan is awesome…..his presentation skills have really improved.

I'd love to see this test each year, so see how (if) it's improving. I love watching the cannonball ones for the same reason

Finally it arrived. 3h? Damm i might need to extend my work day and keep watching it.

I like how at 14:52 you can see all three guys waving their hands around recording their respective intros at the same time lol

Greatest skill of Kyle is surrounding himself with awesomely nice people. Thoroughly enjoyed the 3 part mini series.

Really a fun video. With that said having to turn off the AC (when it's 110), hoping a charging station unit is free and works, waiting or long periods of time to charge, all the planning that has to go in to figuring out how to get to your destination, I'm not ready to give up my ICE vehicles. I don't have to think about it. I fill, up the vehicle, use the facilities, and I'm out of there in five to ten minutes. There's no anxiety with an ICE vehicle. When you get low on fuel there's always a gas station only a few miles away and they all work. I like EV's a lot but the technology and infrastructure has to continue to improve. I will own an EV someday. Just not yet. Cheers!!!

Great video! For next time, I'd suggest running ICE car as well, just for a benchmark. ICE car will still need to stop for refuel as well as restroom breaks! I bet difference is not going to be that large

57:39 I have never seen a Semi Truck 🚛 with 3 trailers like that. I guess some states allow that. I know NC doesn’t allow that at all.

2:09:20 Kyle so busy talking he missed the speed limit change to 55. 😂

Loved the long video!!! such a good time racing with friends!

Watched the entire video. It kept the suspense all the way to the end, and what an ending indeed!

It, in my view, should be a manufacturere's responsibility to inform us of all the separate issues presented in this terrific video.

Well done, so great to see EV road trippers that actually knows what they are doing! Here in Denmark youtubers/car magazines thinks they are showing how EV road trips are but in reality they are charging to +90% everytime and arriving with ~30%, also usually they want all the EVs to be charging at the exact same locations. - and when we tell them they are doing it all wrong and could easily be 2-3 hours faster they just ignores us. Cannot wait for the next road trip or cannonball attempt😎

Great video. Loved it. 2 questions? Why did you guys did not drive to soc towards 2% before charging for faster charging ? Why do long deep charges vs smaller charging sessions but at faster charging rate?

Luv you guys and especially your road trips!! Grief though, practicality got motion sick with Ryan's crazy vid 🤪

Have you considered using the updated a better route planner (ABRP) and super charger info webpages? The best ABRP route planning for the Model S Plaid appears to be Beaver, UT (250 kW for 30 minutes), Green River, UT (150 for 21), Parachute, CO (250 for 13), and Edwards, CO (250 for 19). (83 charging minutes) In dire contrast, the Tesla Trip Planner suggests St. George, UT (250 for 15), Beaver, UT (250 for 10), Richfield, UT (150 for 25 ONLY 4 STALLS), Green River, UT (150 for 20), Grand Junction, CO (150 for 25), and Glenwood Springs, CO (150 for 55). (153 charging minutes). That is an extra 70 minutes of charging and 2 more stops (est. 20 minutes of driving time) using the Tesla Trip Planner. Clearly the Tesla Trip Planner is not ready for prime time trip planning.

To use Kyle's favorite word: EPIC video especially the ending with the Taycan and Lucid racing to the finish. I had a blast watching.

You all make the best videos, excellent content for a Friday afternoon

intense ending

Great video with great editing to make this 6 hr experience make sense chronologically. 👏🏼 👍🏽

Fun to watch, I watched it in 2 parts, liked it in one part, if I had time I would have watch the entire thing! Exciting, great job guy’s ❤️ great content