Tesla held a short but sweet event today where they went into a bit more detail regarding the Model S Plaid. I took some rough notes that I have included below.

• 9 years since Tesla delivered the first Model S
• One of the motivating factors behind Plaid Model S was to show EVs can be the best cars out there (safest, fastest, etc)
• No car up until the Plaid Model S has broken the 2 second 0-60 barrier
• Specs
  • 420 miles of range give or take🙂
  • 187 miles of range in 15 minutes thanks to updated V3 Supercharging speeds
  • 1.99s 0-60
  • 9.23s 1/4 mile
  • 200 mph top speed
  • 1,020 hp peak power
  • 390 miles of range
  • All new battery pack
• Carbon-sleeved rotors for the drive units
  • 1st time this has been done
  • Had to design the machine to do the winding
  • Carbon overwrap holds the rotor together because of the high RPMs
  • Up to 20k RPMs, maybe a little more
• Lowest drag coefficient of any car ever made at 0.208
  • Important to note that this was achieved with wheels in motion
• Heat pump & improved thermals
  • 30% better at colder range
  • 50% better range in freezing conditions
  • Radiator is twice as big for heat ejection
  • Back to back 0-60s and the car will not get winded
  • Nurburgring return teased
• In 2012 there were 0 superchargers, now there is 25k superchargers (30 in last week)
• Engineered for 5-star Safety
  • Tesla believes the refreshed Model S will have the lowest probability of injury ever tested (Tesla already has the top 5 in this category)
• Ventilated front seats 
• Yoke steering wheel optimized for autopilot, better visibility
• Auto shifting will remember overrides by geolocation so you don’t have to keep overriding it
• Tesla was able to move the front seats more forward allowing for more room in the back seats
• 36W USB-C for charging phones
• Allows for multiple Bluetooth devices to be paired at a given time allowing multiple people to play music via their phones
• Hidden air vents, invisible AC
  • Tri-zone (left front, right front, rear)
• 2200×1300 resolution on the front 17” display
• All new sound system developed by Tesla Audio, acoustic glass used to make it the quietest Tesla yet
  • 920 watts
  • Adapts based on input source
  • Software-defined that will get better with time
• All new UI with V11
  • Waypoints coming according to Tesla (“God damnit” :))
  • Interfaces with calendar so if you just swipe down in navigate it’ll automatically figure it out
  • Allows for various apps and icons to be moved & placed as needed
• PS5-level performance thanks to AMD SoC
  • Capable of playing CyberPunk
• First deliveries happen today
• Awesome power curve thanks to new drivetrain
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