Electric Family SUV Race To Vegas Finale! Pushing The Limits To The Finish Line 

I can't wait to watch this even though I lived through it. Thanks for editing everything up so nicely, Jordan!

“It’s 109 outside, it’s got to be 130 inside and 150 if you’re wearing a hoodie!”

"It's so hot" says the guy wearing a hoodie.

Kyle in a super hot car: "hoodie stays on ok"

Loved it! My only critique is that this was, at the beginning, billed as a test of family road-trippers. There is no universe in which you can take a family road-tripping in those temperatures and turn off the AC. There would be a mutiny. A race rule should be that you have to maintain a comfortable climate at all times. For hilarity you should also hire some screaming kids in the back seat.

Can somebody explain why I never have time to watch a movie anymore. But watching 4 hours with EV Suv racing is fine? Asking for my girlfirend.

Its 5:45AM on Sunday in New Zealand. My son woke me up. Seeing this in my queue made me smile. So excited.

I would say the Tesla MX won by more than just 10 minutes!! It won by speed, comfort, no stress of range anxiety, and easy charging!!

Next time a real race with required temperatures for air conditioning. Let’s see what real people will experience.

Well done to the Rivian team! I’ll be the first to admit Dom and I screwed up our EV9 performance and missed the chance to get 3rd. This was my only race to Vegas and I learned a lot about optimizing EV road tripping!

To have 1 2 and 3 4 shows up essentially at the same times is amazing. Having them all arrive within an hour over a 12 hour trip is really good. It's basically the same experience.

“It’s 116F and we have the AC off” …. As Kyle is wearing a hoodie 😅😅

Ryan and Lacey were cracking me up 😂

The young cats clowning Kyle when they were coming up on Vegas was hilarious 😂

Love these 'races' and all the tips and insight that come with it! Please do something similar to the inexpensive options (any vehicles under $40k).

Just at 13 min now, with the EV9 in turtle mode. If the EV9 loses, it is because they didn't charge to 80% on the first stop.

Max permissible speed 85, here's team Rivian doing 90.

Love these videos, I think adding a mini progress bar on the bottom of the current places throughout the video would be amazing

People forget that the MX spotted the rest of them like 15 mins at the beginning.

Kyle and the rest of the Out of Spec Gang are such EV enthusiasts I LOVE IT!!! Thank you Kyle & Crew for a great video I wished the Lyriq was included I do understand that it was a 3 row EUV test :)

When I hear people talking about buffers in EGMP vehicles, i immediately think about Dave and the Ice Machine.

I have always loved the OOS road trip vids. The race videos are an incredible update from the old road trip videos. Keep them coming, guys! Kyle, you must do a race video with your mom and dad in one of the cars. That...would be fun!

The Kia lost because of a bad route planner, and the X won because of the best route planner. It's not only range or charging speed. ... ....Can't wait for the return race.

I was waiting for Ryan & Lacey to tell Kyle & Drew that they might roll the windows down because it was so cold in the Tesla. And clearly the Model X won because they didn't need to drive 35 MPH, sit in over 100°, and didn't have to worry about a "charging curve." Great time like always, thanks.

Wow what a great race! Love these series. The ending was crazy, edge on your seat! Thanks Jordan for editing this movie

I would like to see the same teams run the race to Vegas again now that they know the quirks of their vehicles and learn from their mistakes. Would be really interesting to see how the results would change, if at all.

By the way, Kyle, I know it’s your signature style, but I don’t think a hoodie with long sleeves and long pants is the appropriate attire for a trip through the desert at 100. Lol

Another luxury feature Mercedes has that no one talks about. Saunas!

Congrats to the Model X and team for winning

These races are more entertaining then the Indianapolis 500 to me. Keep it up.

"How do you help these people?" You keep creating great content like this. Four years into EV ownership I still struggle with range anxiety. Your videos of the race to Vegas will be extremely helpful for future road trips. Thank you so much for posting.

Easy win for Tesla as a no compromise car, never compromised comfort or performance, which is what 99% of car owners want and expect.🤷‍♂️ limping in with no AC is a serious no go for most.

I think there should be rules added for having to use climate and keep it at a realistic temperature. This is doubly true for road tripping a family SUV. If you are going to do legs where mostly no A/C is being used on some legs it shouldn't be a road trip but called something like a Cannonball race.

I would kind of like to see a race to Vegas in 4 identical cars, where strategy is your only downfall or benefit.

Those cheese tots in Green River looked tremendous!

Kyle’s summary at the end is freaking incredible. Doesn’t miss a beat and you totally get it. Amazing

Experience played a role in the order of finish. Can't wait for the return race.

so many fingerprints on that EQ screen(s) lol

I never understand why the driver is holding the camera or using a phone when there’s a passenger who’s not involved in the actual driving who can hold the camera or the phone.

Part 2 let's goooooooooo

Hell of a race!

15:01 I love how Lacey arrives and immediately reads the instructions that everyone else ignores while they are complaining about how bad EA is. 🤣

I can't wait for Kyle driving vs Lacey supervising FSD race. THAT'S real world.

At 8:43, we see the Rivian doing **90mph*** on the freeway. The energy consumption and wind resistance at that speed must be atrocious. Odds are if these folks actually did the speed limit, they’d see a ton more range between charges.

Why in the world would you suffer 110 in the car or driving on the shoulder instead of spending 15 more minutes at one charging stop to put you over the threshold?

Love the way you edited and recapped this video. These are so fun and informative.

Thanks for the data. Good battery software management + charging infrastructure are really more important than the theoretical range & people should be educated about that. The charging grid is improving super fast (number of stalls, high capacity & speed) so what we have here is the worst we'll ever have (& so much better than just 2 years ago). Prices of vehicles & energy are going down fast. EVs are the future AND the present already.

These are so fun to watch!

Crazy to see trucks going 120km/h+ as ~87km/h is max in Europe.

That’s why I got a Tesla, I like to take trips. Build in trip planner on Tesla is awesome. Took many 800mi+ trips.

Only Kyle can demonstrate the wisdom of wearing a long sleeve hoodie in 100+ degree heat. 😂

I love these videos! Please keep them coming!

epic series. hope to see more of these in the future.

Very satisfying conclusion to The Race to Vegas! Looking forward to the return trip. Note: If I’m not mistaken, Kyle, you have advocated (correctly, I’d say) that manufacturers and consumers need to recognize the folly of ultra large battery pack. They add unnecessary expense to the vehicle, add unnecessary and unused weight the vehicle has to haul around every single day (and pay for that privilege as well), and rarely if ever come into any practical use for the vast majority of use cases. Full disclosure: I drive a ‘21 Model 3 SR+, the slowest charging, shortest range, smallest battery pack vehicle in Tesla’s line up. I have driven this car across the US, and all over creation along the West. My wife drives a ‘21 VW ID.4 PRO, with similar battery pack size. In other words, we walk the walk and talk the talk. These kinds of vehicles are the future of EVs - affordable, practical, and reliable. They may not have the bleeding edge tech and specs that those ginormous SUVs have - and their price and accessibility to the average family reflect that. Maybe some hero episodes heralding the benefits of these smaller battery packs would be forthcoming.

Sad that the Rivian got neutered on its first stop at the RAN charger. I know its charging curve isn’t the best, but I figured it would come in front of the EV9 but behind the MX. However knowing Kyle was in the EQS makes it the dark horse to win. That stretch to Salina bypassing green river is riskyyyyyy

Model X FTW

Next should be the EV6, Tesla, Polestar Hyundai Ionic 😊

Congrats to the Tesla. Seems to me that the EQS could have won if it actually got the charging speed that it always said it was going to get.

This is what I come to RU-vid for! More please! ❤

Max and Dom disappointing performance wringing out the ev9. My money was MX followed by EV9. I don't know 20 min in! The suspense!

Laughing at Kyle ragging on the EQS the entire drive and right as they’re pulling into Vegas goes “I’ve really fallen in love with the EQS” 🤣 Loving the series! Really excited to see the route planning return trip. The behavior seemed radically different even on this run

Watching it through for the second time. Love it!

Love the road trip/race videos… entertaining adventure and they provide useful real world info about the cars we drive. I am hopeful another cannonball is in the works… though I know a lot to plan.

Awesome tests. Love to see it!

What happens when OOS simulates a family trip: Just eating fast food, breaks are only allowed when the car needs energy and gets a quick top up, therefore there is the constant risk of being stranded in the hot dessert without power which wouldn't have a difference from the heat perspective for the kids as the air con won' t be running by 43 C/111 F. And still it gives the best idea of how you should road trip and is serious consumer advice while entertainimg. Keep up the good work.

You shouldn't be allowed to turn off the AC, it isn't realistic, the X won comfortably

Max and Dom really should consider charging longer in general lol

In the 30's my Grandparents would travel from New Mexico to Southern California. They crossed the desert at night.

I am curious how the upcoming Volvo EX90 performs compared to these rivals.

I love these! Kyle talking about massage seats at 1:50:44 was hilarious

Yes!!! Heating up the popcorn. ❤

Kyle you need to revoke Max and Dom’s EV roadtripping cards

DOMINIC WAS RACING IN i-PEDAL??????????

Man, they really did the EV-9, a disservice in this race 😂

Loving the road trip and race content!

I think it has less to do with the cars and a lot to do with the strategy they took to get to their destination. If Kia took the Tesla's strategy and just overcharge to take advantage of preconditioning and speed limits, no doubt they could have won. That's the difference from first to last.

I feel like roadtripping with EVs for now is just slight panic the entire time thinking when you're gonna make it to the next charging station lol

Awesome video gang. Love these long races. It shows they are slowly catching up on tesla. Well done all. Look forward to the trip back 👌👍

If I had a buck for every time that Rivian chirped during the recap... 😄

That was epic!! Everyone lived in the heat. Minus the model x team. 😂

I think keeping the EV9 in the 15%-80% range, even if another stop needed to be added would have made a world of difference of keeping those 210kw charging speeds

Tesla wins ❤

Another 2 hour video that is going to take me 15 hours to finish

I’m reminded why I drive a Tesla every time I watch one of these. However, the Rivian with Jordan and Andreas would absolutely be the most fun car.

The wrench microphone is on point.

Kyle you are slimming down. Nice. Great job. Just now getting the end. I only watch 15 minutes at a time

The race obviously was a lot of fun, I'd join in on one of those head to head trials any time. My road trips are family style with stops for dogs and food and breaks so I'll be interested in the Return From Vegas run. Especially because Tesla runs the old highway software and I hope the other cars have better Automated Driver Assist than plain old Autopilot. Thanks to everyone in the race and safe driving back home.

Oh come on. The Merc required no AC in 100+ temp. The Tesla was just normal driving. They don't even have ECO modes, etc, etc.

it's better than most movies out in the theater these days

Also Frankie needs the EQS as her replacement company vehicle after the VinFast

Great video comparison. Would love to see a raw data table of the efficiencies of the route and legs each vehicle did. Races are interesting but a normal family wouldn't drive for hours without AC just to get somewhere faster lol. Looking forward to additional tests like this but possibly a more realistic drive versus just racing.

Reminds me of my Renault 4 memories with its 330 miles of reach. We came full circle in just a few decades ... ;)

VERY GOOD

Kyle, next time you do a race like this one, the rules has to be: driving with the AC on at a comfortable setting, you have to make it to every supercharger with a xx% soc. Etc. To be more realistic. If people are driving with kids or pets this race does not help at all. I enjoyed watching the whole video but couldn’t help thinking what new EV drivers would do in situations like the ones you all went through. Looking forward to more content from OSM.

Max and Dom are the rockstars pulling in at zero.

👍 love this

Rivian gang listening to Tritonia 😊

Good show

Wait till the new Cayenne EV comes out, it will toast this lot charging at 320kw!

Driving without AC is cheating.