Lucid has started the first deliveries of the 1,234-hp Air Sapphire performance EV and promises consistent sub-nine-second performance for $250k. Meanwhile, the competing Tesla Model S Plaid is still ...

Time and again, Tesla’s Model S has demonstrated – through subsequent and numerous upgrades – that it can duke it out with almost anyone – at least as far as straight-line acceleration is concerned.

Ever since the advent of the high-performance variants of the Tesla Model S, powerful EVs have been drag-racing high-output muscle cars. A decade after the dual-motor Tesla Model S P85D came out, it’s ...