Photo: Elon Musk/Twitter
It’s an exciting week for Tesla, who is on location at the Nurburgring for a somewwhat covert record run. All week long we’ve heard news of a heavily modified Model S speeding down the track, and there are even unconfirmed reports that the car has managed to beat the time of the Porsche Taycan.
Since the Model S runs on electricity, the car needed a place to juice up between runs. To solve this, the American carmaker announced via its leader’s Twitter account that the famous German track now has a fully functional Supercharger on location.
As it happens all over the world, this charging station will probably be open to all-electric cars trying to impress the world at the Nurburgring, and is at the same time a sign of how the industry as we know it is quickly changing.
Back to the Model S, rumor is Tesla will go for a record run sometime this weekend. A few days ago, our spy photographers on location timed the car on the Ring at 7:23 minutes, a time that is 20 seconds faster than the one achieved by the Porsche Taycan.
There are two cars in Germany right now, one painted blue and the other red. The red one is probably the same that set the fastest time for a four-door car at Laguna Seca about a week ago.
Both vehicles are of the Plaid variety, an upgrade meant to make them the fastest in the range. This version of the S uses three electric motors, one located at the front and two others at the rear. There’s no info yet on how much power the new hardware develops.
To those eagerly anticipating a new record on the Nurburgring, Tesla promised a production version of the Plaid would be launched by the end of next year.
Until then, this variation of the S will act as a testbed for Plaid versions of the X and Roadster, with the latter probably going for the electric vehicle record on the same track in the not so distant future, hoping to snatch it from the hands of the Volkswagen ID R.
As it happens all over the world, this charging station will probably be open to all-electric cars trying to impress the world at the Nurburgring, and is at the same time a sign of how the industry as we know it is quickly changing.
Back to the Model S, rumor is Tesla will go for a record run sometime this weekend. A few days ago, our spy photographers on location timed the car on the Ring at 7:23 minutes, a time that is 20 seconds faster than the one achieved by the Porsche Taycan.
There are two cars in Germany right now, one painted blue and the other red. The red one is probably the same that set the fastest time for a four-door car at Laguna Seca about a week ago.
Both vehicles are of the Plaid variety, an upgrade meant to make them the fastest in the range. This version of the S uses three electric motors, one located at the front and two others at the rear. There’s no info yet on how much power the new hardware develops.
To those eagerly anticipating a new record on the Nurburgring, Tesla promised a production version of the Plaid would be launched by the end of next year.
Until then, this variation of the S will act as a testbed for Plaid versions of the X and Roadster, with the latter probably going for the electric vehicle record on the same track in the not so distant future, hoping to snatch it from the hands of the Volkswagen ID R.
We installed a Supercharger at Nürburgring. Makes it feel like home, you know? pic.twitter.com/x1tPjI7bi0
— Tesla (@Tesla) September 18, 2019
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