This was a hot drag race. The chaps at Top Gear did a drag race between a Tesla Roadster and a Lotus Elise. The Tesla Roadster was originally based off of the Lotus Elise design. In fact, every Tesla Roadster comes from the Lotus factory (England) without the gas engine, then has the batteries and electric motor installed in California.
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