A fully production copy of the new Tesla Model S Plaid has managed to set a time of 7: 30.909 on the Nordschleife track of the Nürburgring complex. A time that makes this variant of the American sedan the fastest production electric vehicle on this circuit.
After numerous tests in recent years we finally have confirmation of the time of the new Tesla Model S Plaid at the Nürburgring circuit. As expected, The new 3-motor variant of the electric sedan has been crowned the fastest model on the German circuit, further gaining a huge advantage over its immediate pursuer and previously the track record holder for battery-powered production vehicles, the Porsche Taycan.
The new record of the Tesla Model S Plaid has been announced via a simple tweet from Elon Musk, as is usual in all the big news related to the American electric vehicle manufacturer.
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As we can see in the tweet inserted on these same lines, Elon Musk has not revealed much information about these tests or the sample used. It has only confirmed that it is a production unit without modifications like the rest that comes off the assembly line of the Fremont factory.
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The time declared by Elon Musk is 7: 30.909 and the record lap has been made at an average speed of 166.320 km / h. This means the triple-engine Tesla Model S Plaid is 12 seconds faster than the Porsche Taycan. on the 20.83 km layout of the German circuit, which managed to mark 07:42 in 2019.
This announcement by Tesla only encourages the undisguised battle between various manufacturers for the throne of the most powerful, fastest and most powerful electric vehicle on the market today. Although the truth is that the German brand only confirmed the lap record of the conventional Porsche Taycan Turbo, so We still don’t know how fast the Porsche Taycan Turbo S can be on that track.. Since this latest version has an overboost system that allows reaching 761 maximum horsepower instead of the 680 CV of the conventional Turbo version.