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Tesla Model S Plaid Kicked Off Track For Going Too Fast

• https://insideevs.com by EVANNEX

His Tesla Model S Plaid was kicked out of a drag racing competition for being "too fast". With a 0-60 mph time of around 2 seconds, the range-topping high-performance Model S is the world's quickest mass-production car to date.

Keeping the figures from previous drag race challenges, Model S Plaid consistently runs the quarter-mile in the range of 9.3 – 9.5 seconds, even if the battery is drained down to a 20% state of charge (SoC).

A parachute installation is required by some dragstrips for cars that perform a quarter mile under 10 seconds at 150 mph trap speed due to the fact that simple braking wouldn't be enough to stop the car alone. However, by mid-2022, Tesla is introducing the Model S Plaid Carbon Ceramic Brake Kit for a price of $20,000 (yes — twenty thousand dollars).


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