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Watch An Opel Ampera-e Race A Tesla Model 3: Video

Electric cars aren’t just efficient, they can genuinely be fun to drive. We found that out first hand during an autocross run with a Chevrolet Bolt EV.

And just like today’s gasoline-powered vehicles, drag races will break out between electric vehicles. A new video shows an Opel Ampera-e (Europe’s Chevrolet Bolt EV) and a Tesla Model 3 throw down in what we assume is Russia.

We won’t begin to hide the results: the Model 3 is the winner here. The only Model 3 currently in production is the Long Range variant with a 75 kilowatt-hour battery pack. The unit helps the electric motor make 221 horsepower and 302 pound-feet of torque. Those figures are considerably more than the Ampera-e’s 200 hp and 266 lb-ft of torque. The Model 3’s extra torque, specifically, helps it launch off of the line better, too.

While we don’t believe the outcome would be any different with the two cars, it’s unclear if both cars were fully charged or if they wore stock tires. A race between the standard Model 3 with its 50 kilowatt-hour battery pack may produce more favorable results for the Ampera-e and the Bolt EV.

Nevertheless, check it out in the video above.

Former GM Authority staff writer.

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  1. Not why the obsession of the drag racing of the Tesla?

    The prime concern is the range of these cars not Zero to Sixty as they do better than most cars with the added torque. I have driven the Bolt and it has more than enough power to make the daily drive easy.

    If anyone wants to impress get a battery that charges as fast as it takes to fill a tank of gas. That is more important than 0-60 in 2 seconds if you want to appeal to the average car buyer.

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  2. The Chevy Bolt EV is not a “sportscar” but has a better price/performance index than the Tesla Model 3.

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  3. Let’s start racing station wagons and minivans next. What was the point of that STUPID video.

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    1. The model X van/SUV/station wagon will easily smoke a ZR1 0-60 with the 100kw battery.

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  4. The Tesla actually looks like a “sports” car where the Ampera looks like your mom’s shopping cart. LOL

    What was the point of this video again…i forgot.

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  5. Sean,
    this video was made in Minsk (Belarus), not Russia.
    Tesla model 3 was US import, Ampera -EU import)

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    1. The Ampera-e is built by GM in Orion, Michigan in the US, alongside its very similar Chevrolet Bolt sibling.

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    2. The Opel Ampera-e is registered in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, as the licence plate shows:

      F – EV 43 E

      F = Frankfurt

      EV 43 — serial number

      E = Electric car

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  6. It seems that the Opel Ampera-e starts later then the Tesla.

    This race took place on a public road. In Germany, this would be a offence.

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