After a winning Tesla Model S Plaid run at last year’s International Pikes Peak Hill Climb in Colorado, the electric vehicle (EV) is officially headed back to the competition. The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb is back, and Unplugged Performance’s Tesla Model S Plaid, dubbed “Dark Helmet,” is competing under the control of driver Randy […]
One Tesla Model S Plaid driver apparently set another new record with the EV, performing a 1/4-mile sprint in just 8.834 seconds and reaching a speed of 161.37 mph — even eliciting a response from CEO Elon Musk. In the post, shared by @BLKMDL3, there’s a picture of the Model S Plaid in question, showing […]
In a recently published YouTube video, Hagerty races the world’s fastest sedans against each other by pitting the Tesla Model S Plaid against the Lucid Air and BMW E39 M5, with the latter being “the fastest sedan in the world… from 20 years ago.” For an even playing field, the BMW E39 M5 starts the […]
Tesla’s yoke steering wheel in the Tesla Model S contains a button for the horn, located on the right side of the steering wheel. To honk the horn, owners need to press and hold the button. In some situations, owners are finding it hard to locate the horn button as there’s no physical raised button, […]
Tesla’s Model S Plaid has been taken apart and analyzed by Sandy Munro over the past month or so, with the ‘Teardown Titan’ and his team detailing their take on the electric vehicle (EV)’s overall construction. In the latest installment of their teardown, Munro’s team pulls apart and talks us through the Model S Plaid’s […]
After its launch, the Tesla Model S Plaid quickly gained the title of the quickest car ever in a 0-60mph sprint, and the electric vehicle (EV) is still going on to break records today — even beyond the scope of sprints. The Tesla Model S Plaid has set a new course record at the Virginia […]
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has teamed up with Orbis Brakes to create lightweight, high-performance brakes for the Tesla Model S Plaid (and other vehicles) that don’t cost as much as currently available aftermarket kits — reports MotorTrend. The braking solution was a new concept from Orbis, which caught the eye of […]
Tesla’s Model S Plaid has been pulled apart by Sandy Munro over the past month or so, with the manufacturing expert’s team analyzing the vehicle’s overall construction. Munro Live continued its teardown of their 2021 Tesla Model S Plaid with a new video on Friday show a breakdown of the front and rear suspension. Munro […]
JacobIsAMac has shared another video detailing his newly delivered 2022 Tesla Model S Plaid refresh, this time giving us yet another closer look at the new lights on the sedan. The video shows the refreshed Model S unit’s new matrix LED headlights and tail lights as well as the vehicle’s new charging port. According to […]
Musk took Chinese official Qin Gang for a ride in a Tesla Model S Plaid this week, according to a post shared by @Qin on Thursday (via Automotive News). One Tesla representative noted that the drive took place in Fremont, California, where one of Tesla’s U.S. factories is located. Qin went on to say the […]
The National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) has lifted a ban on drag racing for 9-second 1/4 mile factory vehicles without a roll cage, according to an announcement made on Monday expanding on a December press release (via The Drive). The rules will now allow vehicles with 9-second quarter-mile times that don’t have a roll cage […]
In the latest installment of his Tesla Model S Plaid teardown, Sandy Munro deconstructs and walks us through all three of the electric motors that power the luxury sedan. The highlight of the motor teardown is the fact that most of the components of the Model S Plaid’s electric motors are not only the same […]
In a recent YouTube video, DragTimes pit the three quickest four-door sedans in the world right now — the Tesla Model S Plaid, the Lucid Air Performance Dream Edition, and the Porsche Taycan Turbo S, against one another in a series of drag races. The Lucid Air Performance Dream Edition is equipped with two electric […]
Auto industry expert Sandy Munro has been sharing a series of teardown videos analyzing the Tesla Model S Plaid, and the team’s most recent video shares a closer look at seats in the latter. Munro Lead Engineer Carl Crittenden discusses the overall comfort of the seats, as well as accessories such as the switch-toggled cupholders. […]
Tesla’s Model S Plaid is pretty unanimously the most impressive electric vehicle (EV) created to date, and a new video has surfaced taking an inside look at the vehicle’s structural battery pack. Munro Live shared the first part of a teardown of the Tesla Model S Plaid battery pack on Wednesday. In the video, Sandy […]
