Tesla Model S Plaid, new world record at the Nürburgring. The video is impressive

Let’s find out today that Tesla again the queen of Nrburgring, or at least it is in the ranking of the fastest production electric cars. The experience of the Californian company on the famous German track began several months ago, at first as a sort of challenge with Porsche, which praised the racing characteristics of its first electric car, the Taycan.

Tesla had also managed to break Porsche’s record, but it had done so with a conspicuously modified and optimized car. This time for the true record and, as immediately communicated by Elon Musk via Twitter, obtained with an unchanged Model S Plaid, arrived directly from the Fremont factory.

For those unfamiliar with the medium, the new Model S Plaid credits for over 1,020 horsepower, acceleration from 0 to 100 km / h in just over 2 seconds, and a top speed of 322 km / h. Despite these characteristics, doubts remained about the resistance of the electric powertrain at certain revs, especially for a prolonged time. The record for has also dispelled this myth, since it arrived on the layout Nordschleife, 20,832 meters long.

The Model S Plaid closed the tour in 7:30.909, at an average speed of 166,320 km/h, which officially sets the world record for production electric cars. Tesla also released the video on board:

The new Tesla flagship is therefore the fastest among the electric, but this should not suggest that the time is not competitive among cars in general. In 2020 the Porsche Panamera Turbo he stopped the clock at 7: 29.81, just one second faster on a good 20 km. This time was then beaten by the Mercedes AMG GT63 S with 7: 27.80. The Model S Plaid, however, certainly does not look bad.

There are also faster cars of course, but which do not belong to the class of production vehicles. Some of the fastest are always electric, like the NIO EP9 nearly $ 1.5 million, which in 2017 shot in 6: 45.90, or the Volkswagen ID.R whose time of 6: 5.336.

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