Fun with numbers.
I was curious to see how the published 0-60 times for the LR compare to calculated values. I found a really neat online calculator that lets you input a good number of parameters. I used 4561 pounds for the car, 160 pounds for payload (I'm not a big guy), awd electric sedan with direct drive, dry conditions and "normal" tires. It produces a theoretical 0-60 time of 3.08 seconds, which agrees nicely with the published spec of 3.1. However. If you change the tires to "performance", which the summer Pirelli or Michelin tires are, the 0-60 time drops to 2.38 seconds!
I wonder if Tesla lists the LR time for the AS tires to make the Plaid on performance rubber look that much better, or if the LR is slightly detuned at the moment. If the latter, there could always be an OTA performance boost in the future.
Here is a link to the calculator..https://www.omnicalculator.com/everyday-life/0-60.
Here's an interesting update... If you plug in the numbers for a Plaid, Raven and P100D, you get very close to the published 0-60 times for each of these versions, as long as you select performance tires. As soon as you select normal tires, they all drop to the same 3.08 seconds. So if you have any of them and run AS normal tires, the acceleration to 60 is the same as it is limited by the grip of the tires. I knew there should be a theoretical difference with a stickier summer tire, but I didn't realize it could be this big a difference. Of course there are other differences with the new drive train in acceleration at highway speeds, as the new cars keep pulling where the older ones slack off.
I have too much time on my hands and every time I look at things like this I get more and more excited to get the thing.