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posted by martyb on Friday November 18 2016, @12:21AM   Printer-friendly
from the what-comes-after-ludicrous? dept.

Your weekly Tesla article has arrived, Soylent!

The world's fastest-accelerating car is about to get even faster.

Tesla's high-end Model S will soon be able to go from zero to 60 miles per hour in just 2.4 seconds, following a software enhancement next month that shaves off a 10th of a second. That's a new threshold that distinguishes it from any other production car on the road.

Tesla Motors Inc. Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk teased the update in a tweet on Wednesday—but there's a twist. When the changes are delivered wirelessly next month to all P100D Model S vehicles, the owners will have to figure out how to enable it. It's what's known in the tech industry as an "Easter Egg"—a hidden feature that requires a specific series of gestures to unlock.

From Tesla's blog:

The Model S P100D with Ludicrous mode is the third fastest accelerating production car ever produced, with a 0-60 mph time of 2.5* seconds. However, both the LaFerrari and the Porsche 918 Spyder were limited run, million dollar vehicles and cannot be bought new. While those cars are small two seaters with very little luggage space, the pure electric, all-wheel drive Model S P100D has four doors, seats up to 5 adults plus 2 children and has exceptional cargo capacity.

The 100 kWh battery also increases range substantially to an estimated 315 miles on the EPA cycle and 613 km on the NEDC cycle, making it the first to go beyond 300 miles and the longest range production electric vehicle by far.

The horizontal acceleration is greater than the vertical acceleration of gravity — in other words it can accelerate faster on pavement than it could fall off a cliff.

For comparison, see Wikipedia's list of fastest production cars by acceleration.

[Updated to add quote from Tesla's blog. -Ed.]


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 18 2016, @01:58AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 18 2016, @01:58AM (#428557)

    Ask any cop what the fastest car is and he'll tell you it's his squad car. After all, it's got a Motorola under the hood.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 18 2016, @02:23AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 18 2016, @02:23AM (#428571)

    Have your local cops switched to SUV squad cars yet, so they can murder more pedestrians when they drive on the sidewalk?

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 18 2016, @03:30PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 18 2016, @03:30PM (#428872)

      Egypt's police force has Lamborghini, McLaren, Aston Martin, Bentley and Ferrari. And they want billions of dollars for a financial bailout from USA.

    • (Score: 2) by urza9814 on Friday November 18 2016, @04:15PM

      by urza9814 (3954) on Friday November 18 2016, @04:15PM (#428903) Journal

      Sidewalks? Ours prefer to run their SUVs through peoples' living rooms...