Just sharing some musings about the potential for the Plaid.
A prototype Lucid Air was clocked doing a 9.2 second 1/4 mile with a trap speed of 157 MPH.
Elon has promised the Plaid will do a sub 9 second1/4 which means trap speed could approach 160 MPH. For reference, the fastest production ICE cars have never reached a 150 MPH trap speed and have never been quicker than 9.8 seconds. This includes cars costing up to $1M.
If the Plaid is really available for $140K and lives up to Elon's promises, it will be a huge leap in straight-line performance. Of course most owners will not be able to demonstrate this performance at an NHRA drag strip unless they install a full roll cage and parachute.
One potential concern is whether there will be tires with enough grip to put all this power down, even with AWD. Perhaps Tesla is working with one of the big tire companies to develop extra sticky street rubber.
A prototype Lucid Air was clocked doing a 9.2 second 1/4 mile with a trap speed of 157 MPH.
Elon has promised the Plaid will do a sub 9 second1/4 which means trap speed could approach 160 MPH. For reference, the fastest production ICE cars have never reached a 150 MPH trap speed and have never been quicker than 9.8 seconds. This includes cars costing up to $1M.
If the Plaid is really available for $140K and lives up to Elon's promises, it will be a huge leap in straight-line performance. Of course most owners will not be able to demonstrate this performance at an NHRA drag strip unless they install a full roll cage and parachute.
One potential concern is whether there will be tires with enough grip to put all this power down, even with AWD. Perhaps Tesla is working with one of the big tire companies to develop extra sticky street rubber.