In an interview on CNBC‘s The News With Shepard Smith, Jay Leno talked about breaking the world record for fastest 1/4 mile time in a ‘production car’ in a Tesla Model S Plaid. Earlier in the month, the comedian, writer, vehicle enthusiast, and host of Jay Leno’s Garage took a Model S Plaid down to a […]
If you want a closer look at how the new Model S refresh drives with its ‘yoke’ steering wheel and also how the vehicle functions with its lack of shifters, Tesla has a tutorial video for new owners. The nearly 5-minute video covers the following topics for new Model S refresh owners: Getting In and […]
On the night of Tesla’s Model S Plaid delivery event, the company has revised the range of its regular Model S Long Range. The Tesla website is currently showing 405 miles (651 km) for the Model S Long Range, a slight drop as it previously noted 412 miles (663 km). The change was spotted by […]
Tesla’s Model S Plaid special event tonight also provided attendees an experience of the sedan’s insane acceleration, which can go from 0 to 60 mph in 2 seconds and up to 100mph. Tesla Raj attended the event has shared a first ride video of his Model S Plaid acceleration experience. Inside the Model S Plaid, […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced on Sunday the Model S Plaid+ was canceled, citing there was ‘no need’ for the high-end sedan with 520-mile range. Some non-believers on the web believed Musk might have been joking, but according to the Tesla website, the Plaid+ has been officially removed, confirming what the Tesla leader had to […]
Ahead of Tesla’s Model S Plaid delivery event this week, Elon Musk has announced on Sunday the company has apparently canceled its Model S Plaid+ with higher range of 520 miles. Plaid+ is canceled. No need, as Plaid is just so good. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 6, 2021 Musk added, “no need, as Plaid […]
Twitter user @rodsideas recently shared some mock-ups of ‘V11’ of Tesla OS on the Model S Refresh that include support for Apple CarPlay. I’ve designed some concepts of #Tesla OS V11 (#ModelS refresh) with CarPlay. Of course, I expect many will have polarizing opinions on how this should be done, if done at all. But it […]
Tesla has finally confirmed the Model S Plaid‘s 1/4 mile time on its online vehicle configurator. The page, which already touts the Model S Plaid as the quickest accelerating ‘production car’ in the world, now also showcases a 1/4 mile time of 9.23 seconds at 155 mph (250 km/h). Earlier this week, comedian and car […]
Comedian and car enthusiast Jay Leno revealed on the Spike’s Car Radio podcast Tesla’s Model S Plaid hit an insane quarter-mile time at Famoso Raceway, just north of Bakersfield, California. “I’ll tell you what I did. I went up to Famosa dragway in Bakersfield…in a Tesla [Model S] Plaid. I made one pass…I drove up […]
Image credit: Motortrend The Village of Gates Mills in Northeast Ohio has received a donation for its police department—in the form of a 2019 Tesla Model S. According to a council meeting on May 11, 2021, Gates Mills Police Chief Gregg Minichello detailed the donation from a resident, a grey metallic 2019 Tesla Model S […]
Tesla CEO announced on early Thursday the company plans to hold a Tesla Model S Plaid delivery event at its Fremont factory in California. Elon Musk said the vehicle will be the “fastest production car ever” with its ability to go from 0 to 60mph in under 2 seconds. Tesla Model S Plaid delivery eventJune […]
After sharing images of what appeared to be Tesla Model S Plaid vehicles at Laguna Seca Raceway in California, The Kilowatts have now shared a video of the apparent electric vehicle lap record of 1:29.9. “While visiting Laguna Seca Raceway last week, we discovered two new Model S Refresh (Possibly Plaid or even Plaid Plus) […]
Tesla investor and enthusiast Sawyer Merritt (@SawyerMerritt) confirmed last night anyone who put in an order for a refreshed Tesla Model S or Model X before May 6 should now have the estimated delivery timeline updated on their Tesla account. @advz01 ordered a Model X on Feb 20th. He now has a new estimated delivery […]
Image via @klwtts The Kilowatts continue to be Tesla whisperers, spotting Tesla’s Model S refresh on Laguna Seca Raceway in Salinas, California. “Tesla is currently attempting lap records in a couple of Model S Plaid (possibly a Plaid+) prototypes at Laguna Seca Raceway! They just secured a 1:30:XX (unconfirmed time),” said @klwtts on Twitter about half […]
The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released its preliminary report on Monday into the fatal Tesla crash that occurred in Texas last month. According to the early report, the NTSB says the owner of the Model S was seen entering the car’s driver seat before the crash, according to home security footage, reports Bloomberg. […]
