Plaid · 2021–
Model S Plaid
- Horsepower
- 1,020
- 0–100 km/h, s
- 2.1
- Curb weight, kg
- 2,162
- Top speed, km/h
- 322
Overview
The Model S Plaid is the moment electric cars stopped asking for permission. Three motors, a carbon centre seat, and acceleration that is less a statistic than a physiological event. It is also, still, a family liftback with a boot in the nose.
Powertrain
Tri-motor Plaid
Straight-line is solved. The rest is software. On a road that bends, the weight and the tyres write the terms. On a motorway it is a quiet, slightly smug lounge.
- Horsepower
- 1,020
- Torque, Nm
- 1,420
- Layout
- AWD
- Gearbox
- Single-speed
Design
The original silhouette has been sanded, not reinvented. The yoke is the controversy; the body is the consensus. It looks like what a 2012 sedan would become if the future arrived on schedule.
The car that forced Porsche to build a Taycan. History will file it under ‘necessary shock’.
Specifications
| Powertrain | Tri-motor Plaid |
|---|---|
| Engine | Tri-motor electric |
| Output | 1,020 hp / 1,420 Nm |
| Transmission | Single-speed |
| Drivetrain | AWD |
| Fuel | Electric |
| Battery | 100 kWh |
| Range | 637 km |
| Curb weight | 2,162 kg |
| Length | 5,021 mm |
| Width | 1,987 mm |
| Height | 1,431 mm |
| Wheelbase | 2,960 mm |
| 0–100 km/h | 2.1 s |
| Top speed | 322 km/h |
| Availability | current |
| Region | Global |
