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The Tesla Model S Plaid has set an EV record at the Nürburgring

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The Tesla Model S Plaid has set an EV record at the Nürburgring | Top Gear

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Elon’s 1,020bhp Model S is technically the quickest production electric car around the ‘Ring

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The Tesla Model S Plaid has set an EV record at the Nürburgring

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Elon’s 1,020bhp Model S is technically the quickest production electric car around the ‘Ring

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Elon’s 1,020bhp Model S is technically the quickest production electric car around the ‘Ring

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The Tesla Model S Plaid has set an EV record at the Nürburgring

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The Tesla Model S Plaid has set an EV record at the Nürburgring

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The Tesla Model S Plaid has set an EV record at the Nürburgring

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Elon’s 1,020bhp Model S is technically the quickest production electric car around the ‘Ring

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Big news in the world of EVs, and predictably it’s come straight from the Twitter account of Elon Musk.

The Tesla boss has announced that a Model S Plaid has claimed the lap record for production electric cars at the Nürburgring, with a time of 7min 35.579sec.

Check it out for yourself in the video above if you’re a fan of tyre squeal. That time makes the Plaid (complete with that controversial yoke steering ‘wheel’) around seven seconds quicker than a Porsche Taycan. Impressive.

It’s still a way off the 6min 45.9sec time set by Chinese electric car maker NIO with its EP9 EV supercar, although it would seem that NIO won’t produce its road-legal car in great enough numbers to claim a standard-spec production record.

“Tesla Model S Plaid just set official world speed record for a production electric car at Nürburgring. Completely unmodified, directly from factory,” said Musk on Twitter.

“Next will be modified Plaid with added aero surfaces, carbon brakes & track tires (all things that can be done without Tesla being in the loop).”

Thoughts, Internet?

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Big news in the world of EVs, and predictably it’s come straight from the Twitter account of Elon Musk.

The Tesla boss has announced that a Model S Plaid has claimed the lap record for production electric cars at the Nürburgring, with a time of 7min 35.579sec.

Check it out for yourself in the video above if you’re a fan of tyre squeal. That time makes the Plaid (complete with that controversial yoke steering ‘wheel’) around seven seconds quicker than a Porsche Taycan. Impressive.

It’s still a way off the 6min 45.9sec time set by Chinese electric car maker NIO with its EP9 EV supercar, although it would seem that NIO won’t produce its road-legal car in great enough numbers to claim a standard-spec production record.

“Tesla Model S Plaid just set official world speed record for a production electric car at Nürburgring. Completely unmodified, directly from factory,” said Musk on Twitter.

“Next will be modified Plaid with added aero surfaces, carbon brakes & track tires (all things that can be done without Tesla being in the loop).”

Thoughts, Internet?

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Elon’s 1,020bhp Model S is technically the quickest production electric car around the ‘Ring