Founder and head of Tesla Ilon Mask showed a new model in the model S. Electric car Plaid can accelerate to 100 kilometers per hour in two seconds, broadcasts Bloomberg.
At the moment it is the fastest electric car of the company. Machines presented at the factory of the company in Frimont, California (USA).
Currently, TESLA produces four cars: Model S, X, 3 and Y, but at 3 and Y there are overwhelming majority of world sales. The new PLAID machine can drive nearly 650 kilometers on one charge, its maximum speed is 320 kilometers per hour. Like previous high-speed modifications, the model received a complete drive and three electric motors. But this time their peak total capacity was 1020 horsepower.
So far, only 25 cars are ready for sale, in the next quarter Tesla is going to produce a thousand plaid per week. Price – 130 thousand dollars.
Earlier in June, it became known that the company will refuse the most expensive version of its flagship sedan Model S Plaid Plus. Before that, Mask promised the three-dimensional version of Model S Plaid Plus, which has 1,100 horsepower, 837 mileage mileage on a fully charged battery and acceleration to 96.5 kilometers per hour in less than two seconds. She had to cost 150 thousand dollars.