{"id":49170,"date":"2023-05-08T12:03:48","date_gmt":"2023-05-08T16:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=49170"},"modified":"2023-05-08T12:03:48","modified_gmt":"2023-05-08T16:03:48","slug":"1139595_tesla-model-s-plaid-track-package-unlocks-200-mph-top-speed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=49170","title":{"rendered":"Tesla Model S Plaid Track Package unlocks 200-mph top speed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tesla has announced a new Track Package for its Model S Plaid<\/a> that will enable the 1,020-hp car to hit a previously announced top speed of 200 mph.<\/p>\n

The package, which can be retrofitted to an existing Model S Plaid, will be available starting in June with a price of $15,000 for the basic package and $20,000 with performance wheels and tires thrown in.<\/p>\n

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The basic package includes carbon-ceramic brake rotors measuring more than 16 inches at each corner, plus six-piston calipers up front and four-piston calipers at the rear. The basic package also includes brake fluid designed for track driving, and the all-important firmware updates required to reach 200 mph.<\/p>\n

Adding the wheels and tires to the package nets a set of 20-inch forged aluminum wheels shod with Goodyear Eagle F1 Supercar 3R tires measuring 285\/35 up front and 305\/30 at the rear. Tesla noted that the high-performance summer tire should be used at temperatures above 40 degrees.<\/p>\n

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2022 Tesla Model S Plaid<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tesla also sells the brake hardware as a standalone option, though it requires wheels measuring at least 20 inches in diameter.<\/p>\n

The new Track Package shouldn’t be mistaken with the Model S Plaid’s Track mode<\/a>, which was made available as an over-the-air update last year. This mode improves torque vectoring and drops the temperature of the car’s battery pack and motors, creating a chilled thermal mass that helps keep everything cool during track stints.<\/p>\n

The Model S Plaid briefly held the N\u00fcrburgring lap record for a production EV until a Porsche Taycan Turbo S last year set the current record of 7:33.35<\/a>. It isn’t clear whether Tesla will be able to beat the record with a Track Package-equipped Model S Plaid. Any new record might also not last long as Porsche is rumored to be cooking up a new performance flagship<\/a> in the Taycan range with horsepower approaching the four-figure mark.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tesla has announced a new Track Package for its Model S Plaid that will enable the 1,020-hp car to hit a previously announced top speed of 200 mph. The package, which can be retrofitted to an existing Model S Plaid, will be available starting in June with a price of $15,000 for the basic package […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49171,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49170\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/49171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}