woodisgood
Optimustic Pessimist
Elon has more recently (maybe 6 months ago) tweeted that they can't really push Model 3 further...but people are hanging on to the 3 year old tweet?
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Teslarati speculates that Ludicrous mode is coming
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In March, we got 5% more power and .1sec drop in 0-60 times for $0.
Doubt much more can safely be squeezed out of the drivetrain. But I base that on speculation!
Doubt much more can safely be squeezed out of the drivetrain. But I base that on speculation!
Kilotango74
Active Member
Yeah.......whatever. He still spouts a lot of crap that never happens. You can call it whatever you want.
PACEMD
Active Member
I heard that Absurdly Ludicrous mode for the Model 3 was due in late November. 0-60 in 1.2 seconds............AL3T- retrofits in the works.........
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Ack, they got me. I missed the date and thought that was a recent tweet. I get the joke now.
MagnusMako
Member
Everything you need to know about this question is in an old Tesla blog post called 'Three Dog Day' here.
Answer: "This option will cost $10k for new buyers. In appreciation of our existing P85D owners, the pack electronics upgrade needed for Ludicrous Mode will be offered for the next six months at only $5k plus installation labor."
We can only hope they repeat in similar fashion for 3 owners.
boriszima
Member
Seems a lot of items are in the pipeline for Tesla. I think there is always extra squeeze of some performance, we shall find out towards end of the year. If this will be free, then those with Model 3 Performance will be happy(with PUP for sure, who knows about those that have stealth) if paid, then i am ok with my regular AWD.
MagnusMako
Member
I assume you mean this one that he states "*might* be able to increase M3P power output a little" ? Makes sense for the P3D atleast.
Knightshade
Well-Known Member
That's from May 2018.
They already did it after that- the so-called 5% free bump (that not just the P got)
Of course it's "coming"; it's a no-brainer for Elon to add eventually, as its a money-maker.
Not sure why this was worth the speculation.
Why does everyone assume that it will apply to existing hardware?
Tesla could easily announce 3P Ludicrous mode as a 5k upgrade (on new orders) that gives you more battery and performance. And possibly they will offer the 10k upgrade for existing cars as they have in the past.
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Tesla could easily announce 3P Ludicrous mode as a 5k upgrade (on new orders) that gives you more battery and performance. And possibly they will offer the 10k upgrade for existing cars as they have in the past.
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MagnusMako
Member
I'm just gonna put this out there from what Elon said earlier today regarding potential future power upgrades to the Model 3...
There was no impact to 0-60 times from the advertised power upgrade.
But it did cost $0.
He sure does... some of it is plain dumb ... some of it is childishly hilarious:
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"Model 3 would beat Taycan ... because it has more range"
is the epitome of a lame excuse.
If either stock TM3 or MS could beat Taycan on Nurburgring, Tesla would have been driving them them there already.
Instead, they shipped an MS-plaid prototype, then shod it with R-comp tires, to try to beat Taycan.
'nuff said.
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You have a weird interpretation of what that tweet and response.
Im not optimistic that it will happen but the only thing I see that supports the idea to uncork more power is that in the motor thread a recent poster stated that the HP rating of the 980 used on the RWD models is higher than the current HP rating of the M3P 980 motors. There might be some more headroom but I still don't see it happening as theres no real competition to the 3's speed yet anyways. Maybe when the new BMW M3 goes on sale.
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