Tesla Model S Plaid Sets EV ‘Ring Production Record at 7: 35.579

Tesla’s new three-engine tech terror – the model S plaid – finally had its heyday on the famous and dreaded Nurburgring Nordschleife in Germany. He managed to set the official electric vehicle production record while he was there – even with that wacky yoke of leadership.

Elon Musk announced the record on his Twitter account on Thursday, and although the sheet of paper he posted shows twice, the official time counted by Nürburgring officials is the slower of the two at 7: 35.579, rather until 7: 30.909.

Tesla posted a video of the race on Friday, and the Nürburgring posted the same video, but with on-screen telemetry. While none of them look (or sound) very fast, this is kind of the reality of modern cars, especially modern electric cars.

The Model S Plaid produces 1,020 horsepower from its three electric motors. It benefits from an improved heat pump which helps reduce performance degradation due to heat, which often affects high powered electric vehicles.

Interesting way, Musk also tweeted that he expects to see a modified version of the S Plaid model with “added aero surfaces, carbon brakes and track tires”, but it won’t come from Tesla. He says he believes the aftermarket and electric vehicle specialty stores will take Plaid to the next level. Whether that will happen remains to be seen.

While this record is impressive, we don’t expect it to last too long, thanks to increasing pressure from mainstream automakers like Porsche and its excellent Taycan EV. A Taycan Turbo prototype sets an unofficial lap time of 7 minutes and 42 seconds in 2019, and that’s not even Taycan’s current highest level of performance.

Given Porsche’s pride in its history of super-fast ring times, we wouldn’t be surprised to see a hotter Taycan – perhaps a GT – knock Tesla off its podium.

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