fastest production car available with its Model S Plaid, but is it as good overall as some of the other Teslas available? The answer, of course, depends a little bit on what a person is looking for in a car. However, there are a number of Teslas models that make a very strong case for being the best that the company has to offer.
At an event to mark the start of deliveries for the Model S Plaid, company CEO Elon Musk said: "There is something that's quite important to the future of sustainable energy, which is: we've got to show that an electric car is the best car, hands down." It is partly this need to prove the viability of electric vehicles (EVs) that has driven Tesla to produce such highly specced cars.
The highest specced of all is the Model S Plaid. Not only is its 0-60 mpg time of 1.99 seconds faster than that of a Bugatti Chiron, with it topping out at 200 mph and giving 390 miles of range between full charges, but it's also a five-door sedan with a comfortable interior and cutting edge infotainment features. the Model 3 was always Tesla's goal as it sought to bring high-quality EVs to the masses.
Will Tesla's Models Be The Best?
The crazy thing about the Model S Plaid in this discussion is that it wasn't even meant to be the best Model S. Only recently, Tesla canceled the Model S Plaid Plus, which would have had slightly better acceleration than the Plaid and longer range. But if these Model S variants seem next-level, some of Tesla's vehicles are straight out of science fiction.
The second-generation Tesla Roadster, for example, which is now expected in 2022, will be offered with a 'SpaceX package.' Named after Musk's spaceflight company, the option will include air thrusters that will apparently give the Roadster mind-bending 0-60 mph acceleration of 1.1 seconds, a top speed of 250+ mph, and a range of 620 miles. No production car in history comes close to acceleration like that.
And, of course, there's the Cybertruck. Just how utilitarian the utility vehicle will be is questionable, but that's not really the point. It's more to do with creating something like nothing else, a cyberpunk vehicle with all mod-cons, and an electric truck that can do 0-60 mph in as little as 2.9 seconds, cover 500 miles between charges, and tow up to 14,000 lbs. For sheer outlandishness, the Cybertruck could well be called Tesla's best.
Source: Tesla