The Tesla Model S is up to now the ultimate benchmark in a Drag Race in electric vehicles, since it offers explosive acceleration from stasis and even with the ability to keep performance at very good levels. In the video that follows from YouTube channel Lovecars, you can see a Drag Race where the Mercedes-AMG GT 63 4MATIC 4-Door Coupé will find opposite Tesla Model S P100D. The German Sedan has an acceleration of 0-100km/h at 3.2 sec while the Model S for 0-96km/h needs only 2.4 sec.
Which of the two do you think will prevail?






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Paul and Tiff get together for another Drag Race with the Tesla Model S and the Mercedes-AMG GT 63 4MATIC+ 4-Door Coupé. The results are not completely what you would expect, or are they?

The "Summon" function of Tesla, which the vehicle to park itself and leaving the parking itself, was a major innovation that was applied to all models of the American company. In the latest upgrades the Summon became even more "smart" since it can leave the parking spot and come to the place called by the owner. In the video that follows from YouTube channel UrAvgConsumer, you can see how Tesla's smart Summon behaves after several tests. Does It Actually Work?





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Tesla software 10.0 just dropped and includes a ton of new features like access to Spotify, playing games like Cuphead and the new Smart Summon feature. Smart summon allows the car to come to you on its own depending on where you are. Question is, how well does it work?

According to a study conducted by iSeeCars, the S model of Tesla retains its value 2 times more than a conventional or an electric car. According to this study, the average depreciation rate for electric vehicles is 56.6% versus 38.2% for an average car using petrol.

Also earlier studies have shown that in general, electric cars are underestimated more quickly than common petrol-powered vehicles. However, we must bear in mind that electric cars are being underestimated more quickly because resale prices are calculated as well as the state and local credits applied to these vehicles when purchased for the first time.


Ly suggests that obsolescence may also play a role in the high depreciation rate of electric vehicles:
"Because electric vehicle technology is changing rapidly, obsolescence also plays a role in their dramatic devaluation as well as consumer stress and the lack of public infrastructure to charge them."

However, things would have been different if electric cars did not have the extra credit and if petrol-powered cars were sold at their real cost, since their impact on health and the environment had been included in their price.

Either way, it is very likely soon the devaluation of gasoline cars to increase compared to electric vehicles. In a few years no one will want to buy petrol-powered vehicles and they will know that no one is going to want to buy their used petrol car in 3-5 years destroying its resale value.


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Although Tesla has left the Nürburgring to understand the new data received by Model S Plaid, the journalistic noise is well holds for the peak confrontation between Porsche and Tesla in electric cars, to ensure the Best time on the famous track. . In the video below from YouTube channel Motor Authority, you can see recent moments from the Model S Plaid on the Nürburgring track.

The rumors that wanted the Tesla Model S with the "experimental" drive Plaid to crush the Porsche Taycan performance in the Nurburgring were confirmed a moment ago and officially longer. The U.S. electric Vehicle Company stated that the Tesla Model S Plaid achieved a 7 minute and 20 sec performance. At 20 + km of the German track-special route.

The record time in the 4-door EV category achieved by the new Porsche Taycan was 7:42.34. But the Tesla did not stop here, after announcing that it will make some upgrades to the prototype Model S Plaid expecting that on its new visit to ' Ring next month, the performance of the prototype in a flat-out round will descend to 7:05!


Also, the company of Elon Musk published two photographs-graphs depicting both the longitudinal acceleration during the hot round and the performance of its electric motors in the various parts of the track.





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Elon Musk has taken the Porsche Taycan challenge very seriously, on the famous German Nurburgring track where Tesla is there with two prototypes of Model S, in order to "break" the time achieved by the first purely electric Porsche model, stopping the Timers at 7:42,34.

According to information, the American company's record effort will be made today and on Saturday, with German Auto Motor und Sport reporting that it timed in yesterday's tests that Model S completed the round in 7 minutes and 23 seconds, i.e. almost 20 Seconds faster than Taycan.


The prototype S that are tested in the  "Ring " wear a spoiler and special tires, while new ones are Plaid electric motors. In total it has three, instead of two bearing the current model, two on the rear axle and one on the front. This setup will be placed on the October or November 2020 in the Model S, model X.

The following is video from YouTube channel Motor Authority, showing the Tesla Model S Plaid in action on the Nurburgring track.

The Tesla Model S recently made a new lap record for a four-door car in Laguna Seca, but what you will see next is something completely different. The specific Model S P100D Ludicrous is the fastest Tesla in a Drag Race until now having achieved a time of 10.41 (1/4 mile). But to achieve this Model S suffered a strict diet since as you will see missing several  "accessories " in its interior like the seats (excluding the driver) but have been removed and all  "unnecessary " Plastics!


Enjoy!




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A new world record was set today by a Tesla in the 1/4 Mile at Hot Rod Drag Week 2019! A Tesla Model S P100D with weight reduction and 20" Nt555r tires went a 10.41@125mph beating the previous record of 10.44. Stay Tune for more record breaking action from Drag Week

The Tesla these days has brought a fairly modified Model S prototype to the famous Nürburgring track and the ultimate goal is to take down the lap record that Porsche Taycan managed a few days ago. In the video below from YouTube channel Automotive Mike, you can see the Tesla Model S in action.





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During the Industry Pool at the Nürburgring I have filmed the Tesla Model S doing some laps on track. (To bad only twice..)
Elon Musk has just shed more light into the aggressive Model S that was spotted yesterday near the famous German track. Apparently, it’s a ‘chassis prototype’ fitted with their new ‘Plaid’ powertrain, which will sit above the existing 100D with the Ludicrous mode in the model’s range.

Tesla’s CEO also said that the red car with the wide arches is fitted with seven seats, adding that they are gunning for the fastest seven-seat car record.
This could be Tesla indirectly admitting that they can’t beat the Porsche Taycan outright on the Nurburgring, where the latter holds the title of the “fastest four-door electric sports car”, according to Porsche.
A similar prototype managed to break the record for the fastest four-door sedan around Laguna Seca, beating the Jaguar XE SV Project 8 by nearly a second with a 1:36.555 lap. However, the company doesn’t claim that record, as track officials were not present during Tesla’s test.
The new ‘Plaid’ powertrain features three electric motors, instead of the two in the P100D “Ludicrous”. Musk opted for these names for Tesla’s powertrains as a reference to Mel Brooks’ classic Spaceballs movie.
More details about this new powertrain will be announced soon, with the company saying that they will offer it in the Model S, Model X, as well as the new Roadster, but not in the Model 3 or Model Y. Musk also said that the final production examples of the Plaid-powered Teslas are still a year away from launch.
As for the Model S ‘chassis prototype’, our spy shots show that it’s been fitted with larger wheels, stickier tires and the necessary wider fenders to cover them, as well as a new lip spoiler for the tailgate. Upgraded brakes and new suspension settings are also present, while our spies, who spotted the car again today doing its first laps, told us that the car was fitted with a roll cage as well (obviously, for safety reasons).
Yesterday’s report said that Tesla might attempt its Nurburgring lap record on September 21, while Germany’s Auto Motor und Sport confirms the same date and adds that the EV maker has booked a second slot on September 25.

Yesterday Elon Musk wrote about the lap record achieved by Tesla Model S in Laguna Seca. Today Tesla published the video that shows from inside how the Model S Plaid? managed to record the fastest time for a four-door car. In fact, this Model S was wearing an advanced technological system called  "Plaid powertrain".  But what is this?

According to subsequent tweets by Elon Musk, it is a new function that does not use one, not two, but three electric motors. Plaid Powertrain is expected to be placed in the immediate future in Model X, Model S and Roadster 2, but not in Model 3 and Model Y.



This new technology should be the reason behind the announcement Musk to get the Model S in the infamous 20.8 km Nürburgring Nordschleife route in Germany this week. Apparently the Tesla is preparing a special edition of the Tesla Model S and of course the customers will have to pay something more to get it, and I think the Tesla needs as never this special edition.

Elon Musk recently posted on Twitter that he will respond to the lap record that Porsche Taycan has achieved in Nurburgring, but today he was able to surprise out, where after a few hours ago he wrote on Twitter that Tesla Model S scored a new record of four-door Car in Laguna Seca, with the relevant video being published in the coming days.

To date, the record of a four-door car in Laguna Seca was held by Jaguar XE SV Project 8 with a time of 1:37.54 and we do not know the time that the Model S has made. The Musk with his new tweet wrote that Tesla this week will make fine tuning of the Model S  in "Ring" and so it is more likely that the attempt to achieve the record happens next week.

Tesla is determined to compete on the historic track of the Nurburgring with the Porsche Taycan which recently made a new lap record for an electric four-door car with a time of 7 minutes and 42 sec.  The former Formula 1 champion Nico Rosberg, wrote on Twitter of Elon Musk that he's interested to drive the Model S in order to score a quick round.

Elon Musk accepted the proposal of the German former Formula 1 pilot and remains to be seen if Tesla will attempt to score a new faster lap record!


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Porsche has a clear target, must lead in the new era of electric cars, and even in the category of sports cars the vehicles to be manufactured should be top. This is exactly what Taycan represents, where with technical characteristics relatively close to the Tesla Model S, he wants to show us that Porsche is here. But is that enough?

In the video that follows from YouTube channel GasTrol, you can be resolved in the first instance some questions about the dynamics of Taycan towards the king of the class, the Tesla Model S. Can the Taycan overcome the Model S?




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Finally we are learning about the Porsche Taycan after Jonny Smith takes a test drive in the new car

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