There was a real shock ending when a Tesla Cybertruck took on a Lamborghini Aventador in a street drag race in Virginia

A Lamborghini Aventador took on a Tesla Cybertruck in drag race in Virginia with a result that’s probably both surprising and expected at the same time.

The race took place outside the Boro in the town of Tysons Corner.

Once the video hit the internet, it went viral and people couldn’t believe what had happened.

Reminder, we’re talking about a production truck taking on a supercar.

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How the race took place

In the clip, the Lamborghini Aventador can be seen running a red light and then positioning itself besides a Cybertruck, which is not a great start to be honest.

In a way, the Lambo owner got some poetic justice for driving dangerously on the road when he got smoked by the Cybertruck.

All in all, the race to the next red light lasted less than five seconds.

Even so, it was enough to generate a ton of comments (including one from Elon Musk himself), with people pointing out you shouldn’t do that on an open road, and an equally large number of people surprised that the Aventador couldn’t beat the truck.

And it’s fair to say the police in Virginia weren’t too happy about this.

How did the Tesla Cybertruck beat the Lambo?

The short answer has six letters in it, t-o-r-q-u-e.

EVs have more torque than ice cars, and they’re much faster off the line.

This is because when you hit the throttle in an internal combustion, a lot of things need to happen.

The engine has to suck oxygen from the air and fuel from the tank, mix them together and combust, send power from the pistons inside the cylinders to the transmission, and then to the wheels.

This is a heavily edited and summarized version of what happens and it is clearly a lengthy process, even in a fast car.

With an EV, it’s like the flick of a switch.

This is the reason why EVs are almost always faster off the line, but also the reason they generally have a lower top speed.

The new Model Y Juniper, for example, ‘only’ does 200km/h.

It’s also the reason why a Tesla Cybertruck, an incredibly large and heavy truck, can beat a Lambo in a tug-of-war as well as in a drag race.