{"id":203572,"date":"2021-06-11T09:30:25","date_gmt":"2021-06-11T13:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thedetroitbureau.com\/?p=203572"},"modified":"2021-06-11T09:30:26","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T13:30:26","slug":"tesla-goes-plaid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/2021\/06\/tesla-goes-plaid\/","title":{"rendered":"Tesla Goes Plaid"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk drove on stage at the company\u2019s Fremont, California test track Thursday night, and as EDM-style music pulsed he clambered out of the driver\u2019s seat of the fastest production car made: the 2021 Tesla Model S Plaid<\/a><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk hailed the new Model S Plaid as the fastest and safest car built today.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s first large-volume production car to clock a sub-2-second 0 to 60 mph time at 1.99 seconds. The impressive numbers don\u2019t end there. It logs a 9.23 quarter mile \u2014 faster than the Dodge Hellcat Demon \u2014 and has a top speed of 200 mph. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Add the following to the list: 390 miles of range in the tri-motor configuration and 412 in dual motor form. The company also improved the recharging speed, Musk told attendees, making it possible to add 187 miles of range in 15 minutes using a Tesla supercharger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt charges so fast, it\u2019ll probably be done by the time you finish having a cup of coffee,\u201d he said during the event where the company delivered the first 25 vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crazy power from a revamped set up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The quicker charging is impressive, but the performance numbers are difficult to ignore, even for Tesla critics. They all come because of the 1,020 horsepower the Plaid puts out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Musk added that the 1,000-plus horsepower remains constant throughout the car\u2019s acceleration to 200 mph. That\u2019s made possible through an all-new battery back and the carbon-sleeved rotors on the motor. Not only do they make each one lighter \u2014 \u201cyou can pick this motors up with your hands,\u201d Musk said \u2014 but they allowed engineers to improve the performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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They spin at more than 20,000 rpms, in part because the copper coils can be wrapped tighter. This is achieved because of the new carbon-sleeved rotors, which essentially keep the coils from unwrapping do the centrifugal forces they experience turning so fast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not just speed, but performance<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Going fast isn\u2019t all about power. It\u2019s also about how you cut the wind, and the new Model S Plaid features the lowest drag coefficient of any production car at 0.208. Musk noted while developing the car, the testing was done with the wheels turning to ensure that they didn\u2019t create additional drag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The car gets a new heat pump, which controls its HVAC system, that is more efficient. It gives the car 30% better cold-weather range, Musk said, and requires 50% less energy for cabin heating. But more importantly, the radiator\u2019s been made larger to help offset heat build up from repeated runs at trying to beat the 1.99 second 0 to 60 time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou\u2019ll be able to go on the track and just haul ass,\u201d he said. \u201cThis car\u2019s good over and over again, and it doesn\u2019t get winded.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tesla CEO Elon Musk drove on stage in the fastest production car ever Thursday night: the Model S Plaid. While breaking the 2-second barrier is an impressive first, there are plenty of \u201cfirsts\u201d that make the car go. Get the details at TheDetroitBureau.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4389,"featured_media":203573,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,8,10],"tags":[992,989,990,386,991,344],"make":[],"post-state":[335],"category_old":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203572"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4389"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203572"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":203586,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203572\/revisions\/203586"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/203573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203572"},{"taxonomy":"make","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/make?post=203572"},{"taxonomy":"post-state","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post-state?post=203572"},{"taxonomy":"category_old","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/category_old?post=203572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}