- Okay, so this is where I'm
gonna start getting angry. Because I don't think that
we need to go this fast, and I don't think we should
pay a million dollars to do it. Let's get crazy! Newsflash, hot shot. Electric cars are pretty fast. I don't know if you've heard. Today, we're gonna take a look at how insanely stupidly fast they've become in the past few years because
they weren't always like this. I'm James, he's the Monolist. And this is the D-d-d-d-list. - We rolling? - Rolling. - Great. Big thanks to off the record
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every electric car ever. In fact, electric cars have actually
been around since the 1800s, but most of these old timey
cars couldn't even get the 60 miles per hour ever. Our list actually begins
in the 1960s when Chevy was experimenting with
electrification, just like knowing. GM took the rear engine Corvair and dropped in a 115 horsepower AC motor, and about 1000 pounds of
silver oxide batteries. And they called it the
Electrovair and it jolted from zero to 60 miles per hour,
in an astonishing 16 seconds. Not only was it slow, but the silver oxide batteries
were expensive and had to be thrown into the ocean after
only 100 recharge cycles. The technology just wasn't there yet. So Chevy killed it and sent it to hell. Where all cars go when they die. There were some other
Eby attempts in the 70's, but nothing fast enough
for the good old monolist. I asked the monolist if we
could include the Chevy electric vet and he shocked me. (evil laughter) - So we're going to skip the 70's. And we are going to skip the
80's, and are going to jump right into the 90's where
Chrysler debuted the TE van, which I assume is actually
pronounced "Tevan." This is a town and country minivan, fun, with a 65 horsepower DC motor
from the factory. You know, at the time a few car companies
were offering electric versions of their normal cars. There was an electric Rav 4
a Geo Prism and even a Ford Ranger, but the monolist insisted
that I only include the Tevan and please don't shock me again. I'm a prisoner. They won't let me leave. What's even better, is the Tevan was a bargain. And only $120,000 in 1993 money. For a freaking 65 horsepower minivan. That's a lot of money. It
must've been pretty fast, huh? Yeah. This sucker ripped the
60 in a whopping 17 seconds. They keep saying, they're going
to get me stronger magnets. That is slower than the Electrovair, which was made in the
60's. What are we doing? Again, the technology
just wasn't quite ready, but that would change almost
immediately because just a few years later, another car debuted that
would revolutionize EVC. 1997, General Motors EV1. This
bad boy was a game changer, just like 50 cent changed The Game's life. It was the first mass produced
modern electric car, had a range of 300 miles, which is pretty good even
by today's standards. And the people who leased
these loved them, until general motors took most of them away
and crushed them for some reason. But when they
weren't being crushed, they got to 60 miles per hour
in a relatively, for the time blistering 10 seconds. But the era of double digit 0
to 60 times was about to end. Let me introduce you to a
company called AC Propulsion. They shocked the world
when they dropped this. The T zero. The T zero was based
on a kit car called the Piontek Sportech. It's a little redundant name, which normally came with a
Suzuki engine, yank that sucker out, dropped in 28 Optima
led acid car batteries and an electric motor. It made 200 electric horsepower
and was able to go to 60 in 4.07 seconds. We just jumped from 10
seconds to four seconds. And for reference a supercharged
Mercedes E 55 AMG from that year did 0 to 60 in 4.2 seconds. And after AC propulsion
switched to the more efficient lithium ion batteries in 2003,
it cut the zero to 60 time. The 3.6 seconds that's
as fast as a Carrera GT. Which last time I checked is a pork chop, which Jay Leno says is the
scariest time he's ever been in a car. He told me that when
we were in a car together, by the way, lithium ion batteries have a
higher energy density that lets you crank more juice out of
them. It's called science. They also have a longer life
cycle than the week ass caveman batteries that used to
be used in electric cars. So you could say they changed the game, just like 50 cent changed The Game's life. You could also say the T zero
changed the game because it laid the groundwork for a car
that he might've heard enter Grimes' baby daddy and the Tesla Roadster. You see the dudes who founded Tesla, took a spin in the T zero and
decided that they wanted to make their own fast electric Roadster. So they did the Tesla Roadster
is based on a Lotus Elise chassis and was the first
highway legal car to run on those fancy lithium ion batteries
I mentioned four seconds ago. And it's the first road legal
car to be launched into space. Check out this super old donut
video where we launched a toy Tesla into space. According to Tesla, the Roadster went 0 to 60 in 3.9 seconds. It's not bad, but spoiler. This aint the last Tesla you're
going to see on this list. So we've already broken into
the three second zone and we're only four minutes into this video. It's pretty safe to say the
things you're going to get a little bit bonkers, but remember, we're still all the way back in 2008. And it's going to take a few
years for other car companies to get anywhere close
to these insane times. You don't believe me. The 2010 Nissan Leaf only
went 0 to 60 and 7.5 seconds. Everybody always says to me, James, the 2010 Nissan Leaf is one
of my favorite sports cars. Why don't you do an up to speed on it? And I always respond because
it only went 0 to 60 in 7.5 seconds. Things were about to
start heating up in the 2010s. Most of the electric cars
during this time period, weren't really marketed as
performance cars and the monolist threatened to zap
me if I mentioned them. One thing I am allowed to
mention is the Mercedes SLS AMG electric drive. Mercedes. Yeah, those guys. Crammed four electric
motors into their Goldwing super car. That's one
motor for each wheel. If you're keeping score at home, it's also one motor for
each of Nolan's toes. The guy's climbed Everest, and he came back with a
few less foot fingers. Made about 750 horsepower,
a full hundred horses, more than the V8 powered SLS. And it only costs half a million dollars. I'll go buy four of them. And it did 0 to 60 in 3.9 seconds. And when Audi saw the SLS electric drive, they decided that they
wanted to do one too. So they made the R8 E-Tron. It also hit zero to 60 in 3.9 seconds. The R8 and the AMG were quick. They were huge sales failures,
around this point in time, electric cars were either fast
and impractical or slow and impractical, but that changed with a little
man named Elon Musk and a little car called the Tesla Model S. When the model S came out in 2012, it had zero to 60 in 4.4 seconds. But just between you and me, it's not the last Tesla
you're gonna see on this list. The next Tesla you're going to
see on this list is right now Model S P85D, did you ever
see that movie crank to high voltage where Jason Statham
has to lick a car battery and get really amped and starts
running extremely fast? That's exactly what the P85D is exactly. It goes 0 to 60 in a completely
normal and not at all unnecessary or annoying 3.1 seconds, even more normal and not
unnecessary is the Model X P90D, which hits 0 to 60 in 3.2 seconds. Why? I don't know very many other
cars from the 2010s that can match that thought about
mentioning the Jaguar I Pace. But again, I was
threatened by the monolist. The only car from that decade
that really holds a flame to the Model S is a Croatian hyper
car called the Rimac Concept One. Nolan has a video about this
company coming out soon. There are one of my favorite
car companies right now. So you should watch it to
make sure you don't miss it. Hit that subscribe button. It costs over a million bucks
and it managed to do 0 to 60 in 2.5 seconds. Okay. So this is where I'm
going to start getting angry. All right, because I don't think that
we need to go this fast. I don't think we should pay
a million dollars to do it. I mean, at this point, just
buy a fricking airplane. No, this one's going to
be hard to top, right? Well, I got a bunch
more magnets over here. Let's get, let's get crazy.
So my favorite decade, the 2020s has to offer, the
best two years in history. So much fun. We're having a great time. Audi RS E-Tron GT QUATTRO costs
$140,000 and just took first place for the longest name on this list. This word salad goes 0
to 60 in 3.1 seconds. Ah. Mustang Mach-E GT. Is it a real Mustang? I don't care. Do you? Let me know in the
comments. 0 to 60 in 3.6 seconds. Oh, hi, T zero. My name is Mustang Mach-E, I'm an SUV. Speaking of Ford's, 2022
Ford lightning, lightning, lightning! You watched our video about fast trucks. You already know how ridiculously
fast that these things are going to be. And I say gonna be because
they're not actually available to buy yet. There was also a few other
vehicles coming up on this list, that claim to do some
pretty insane 0 to 60 times, but we're going to put an
asterisk next to them since they haven't been proven yet. Anyway, the lightning's highest trim
boasts 563 horsepower and 775 pound feet of torque. It
also has a 300 mile range. Goes 0 to 60 in 4.4 seconds. 2024 Hummer EV GM claims
it can do 0 to 60 in 3.0 seconds, in a Hummer. Have you ever seen a Hummer? I haven't, but I heard they're really big
and definitely not very fast looking. But then Tesla
was like, you know what? F*** it. Let's make a truck
that goes even faster. The Cybertruck, which again, I would like to reiterate is
not a tangible truck that you can buy it at this point in time. It has not officially been tested, but it will allegedly rock
to 60 miles per hour in 2.9 seconds. But that's nothing
compared to the Rivian R1T The company says it will
somehow do 0 to 60 in 3 seconds flat. That's as fast as the
2021 Lotus Evija would. The first Lotus on this list. If you don't count the Tesla Roadster. The Evija would, is a very
expensive aerodynamic super car. The Cybertruck is a monolist on wheels. What I'm saying is, this is
apparently just as fast as that, but if you asked me this list, doesn't have enough P on it. That's right. It's time to mention the
P car, Taycan Turbo S. The Tesla killer from dude
skirt. They name the car turbo. If they're 2013 animated
feature film about the smallest, fastest snail in the world. How fast can this P car
blast, try 2.6 seconds. But this car named after
the bird from the cereal, isn't the only luxury sedan
giving Tesla a run for its money. Lucid is an EV company
that makes insanely fast. Cool cars right here in LA. And Jeremiah got to hang
out with the founder. The Lucid Air Dream Edition,
is $169,000 sedan that can hit zero to 60 in 2.5
seconds according to them. But before we get into the one's, the next number I'm going
to say might be the most impressive one on this list. The 2022 Tesla Semi will
allegedly hit 60 miles per hour with a full payload. We're
talking 21 tons in 20 seconds. All right, a fully loaded diesel truck
right now takes five minutes to do that without the 21 tons
of logs, 21 tons of logs, it'll hit 0 to 60 in 5.0
seconds. It's a semi-truck. Speaking of, how about the
2022 Tesla Model S Plaid. You know, from Spaceballs
because Elon Musk is so f***** funny. From Spaceball, oh he's
named after Spaceballs. He's a cool billionaire.
Tony Stark's new car, hits 0 to 60 in 1.99 seconds, baby. We are officially in the ones. You remember the Rimack that's
been on the top of the list since 2013 while they made another car. And it's a little faster. I'm talking about the 2021
Nevera as in your Nevera gonna own one. First of all, I just want to
say that this is a hyper car. It costs over $2 million. They say it'll have a 340 mile
range and something called an AI driving coach. I talked to the guys at
Rimack when I went to Geneva a couple of years ago.
Yup, I wore a turtleneck. And they actually have like
active torque vectoring. So if you're in a situation
where it would help turn the car, one or more of the wheels will
actually go backwards for a fraction of a second. But none of that matters. In fact, nothing in this world matters
anymore because apparently it goes 0 to 60 in 1.85 seconds. What? Pininfarina Battista. We covered this car in that
same trip to Geneva a couple of years ago on the old bumper
to bumper and my feeble human body has been graced by
this divine 1900 horsepower electric hyper car. How fast
do they say it'll hit 60? I don't know, 1.8 flat. Aspark Owl. This Japanese super car company
claims that their car goes 0 to 60 in 1.7 seconds. But you know what, I've been thinking. And that's a little too slow. Every single car on this
list is a little too slow. You want to know why? Because Tesla motors says
they've got a car that's even faster and not just a
little bit faster either. They say their new car is
more than half a second, faster than the 2000 horsepower opinion. 2022 Tesla Roadster. The next gen Roadster has
a claimed 0 to 60 time. I'm not making this up. That's what their website
actually says of 1.1 seconds. Think about that. That's this long. One, one
thousand. Is anything real? The only thing stopping us
from instantaneous acceleration is traction. So unless tire companies
can step up their game. I can't possibly imagine cutting
this time down any further. They're talking about putting
rockets on the thing to glue it to the ground. I've come to the conclusion
that electric cars need to chill out. - Give her the beans James! - Give it the beans. - Give it some beans. - That's the beans. - I gave it too many beans. - Couple of beans. - Give her the f****** beans, James. - Gimme some beans, baby. - Forward! Oh. - We said it a lot. You heard it a lot and now
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