<!––> <!––> With customer deliveries of the Tesla Model S Plaid well under way, it’s hardly a surprise that videos of the EV being put to the test on the drag strip have started to flood the net. As expected, the tri-motor electric powertrain of the Model S Plaid makes it astonishingly quick. So quick […]
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Elon Musk took to Twitter late last week to tell the fine people of the internet that the Telsa Model S Plaid will not be sold with a traditional steering wheel despite the apparent desires of the company’s own test drivers (and many owners too). The comments came on July 23 after Musk was asked […]
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Tesla made a number of bold claims when it released the Model S Plaid, including its proclaimed 0-60 mph time of less than 2 seconds. Is that claim actually achievable? To find out, Books from the DragTimes channel on YouTube put his Model S Plaid to the test but rather than hitting the drag strip […]
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<!––> <!––> The Tesla Model S may have all-wheel drive but that doesn’t mean you can drive it on sand, as the owner of this example recently discovered. This image was recently shared by The Smoking Tire’s Matt Farah and shows a silver Model S stuck in the sand while its owner was trying to […]
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Jay Leno is selling his low-mileage 2015 Tesla Model S P90D after recently taking delivery of a Model S Plaid. When it was launched, the Model S P90D was the performance sedan of the time and kick-started the trend of EVs drag racing high-powered, ICE cars. Even though it was soon superseded by the P100D, […]
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If the launch of the facelifted 2021 Tesla Model S has taught us anything, it’s that reinventing the (steering) wheel isn’t a smart idea. As standard, the new Tesla Model S comes fitted with a yoke that has triggered all manner of controversy since being unveiled at the start of the year. It is clumsy […]
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The new Tesla Model S Plaid has already been shown to be incredibly quick, so imagine what an upgraded, stripped out version with hill climb aero is capable of. That’s exactly what the folks over at Unplugged Performance did, and we get to watch Randy Pobst take it up Pike’s Peak. The car still uses […]
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Tesla’s controversial yoke steering wheel has come back into the public eye after the recent Model S Plaid delivery event. Love it or hate it, the wheel has already garnered so much attention to the point that there is now an aftermarket solution to add something similar to your Model 3 or Model Y. To […]
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While Tesla claims that the new Model S Plaid will hit 200 mph (320 km/h), it has been revealed that such a top speed won’t be achievable until a software update is introduced. For buyers that want to be able to hit 200 mph, the first thing they will need to do is option the […]
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About two weeks ago, Jay Leno revealed that he had set a 9.2-second quarter-mile time in Tesla’s latest hot EV, the Model S Plaid. Now, as a promotion for his CNBC show, Jay Leno’s Garage, footage from the run has been released through the show’s Twitter page. The footage shows a helmeted Leno running down […]
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