Ludicrous Mode to be added later?

I think they might add it later if they do a significant refresh to the S/X which significantly increases both of their 0-60 times

 

Ditto! My guess is 3.5s is the baseline performance, and ludicrous will be offered once Tesla moves the S/X to the 3's tech platform (new cells/motor/cooling/pack architecture) and they become correspondingly faster. Hopefully they'll do it for free, but who knows. I believe the actual cost difference between the P3 and normal AWD is minimal, and a large chunk of that is set aside for higher failure rates because everything's being pushed a little harder.

 

What makes you think that Ludicrous mode won't come with the performance version of the Model 3? (It comes automatically with any performance Model S or X.)

 

Elon has said, a long time ago on Twitter, that the Model 3 would have ludicrous.

That used to be the way it worked. Now every performance Model S&X comes with ludicrous. And like you said the underline means ludicrous, so that is likely our first indication that it really does come with it.

I figure that we will know for sure in about a week.

 

I doubt the currently advertised 3.5 is ludicrous since there has been no mention of it since his tweet from last year.
But Elon did tweet that he ‘might’ be able to squeeze more power out of the drivetrain. Doubt he would tweet that if he wasn’t planning on it... maybe that’s the ludicrous upgrade in the future?
I’d be willing to shell out a bit more for faster acceleration, but the P is getting to be an expensive 35k tesla.

 

Elon said awhile ago that Ludicrous would be available for the model 3, is there any update on that?

 

No.

 

No he did not.

 

That was way before model 3 was released. Stuff changes.

 

One tweet about it from 3 1/2 years ago. If the Model 3 was going to get a ludicrous option it likely would have happened by now. Elon says a lot of things, not all of them come to fruition.

 

Of course stuff changes but has Tesla/Elon said ludicrous will not be available?

 

I stand corrected. Elon lies again.

 

When the "plaid" power train hits for the Model S next year, I wouldn't be surprised to see them release "ludicrous" for the Model 3. Probably not before then, though, because you can't have the pony outrun the horse.

 

When they are in even more desperate need for cask, they’ll probably offer it as a software update for P+ models for $10k.