Brian Wang Motor Trend confirmed that the Tesla Model S Plaid accelerates from 0 to 60 mph in 1.98 seconds. The tested model was using 21 inch wheels. The Plaid launches so ferociously hard, it generates more than 1.00 g from 0.2 second to 2.6 seconds after launch, peaking at 1.227 g at 32 mph. That’s more g than the car generated in its best 60-0-mph stop, which required 104 feet and peaked at 1.221 g. The Plaid at the standard Motor Trend track was able to accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in 2.07 seconds which was 0.2 seconds faster than the previous fastest Motor Trend tested production car. The previous best was with a Model S P100D Ludicrous+. The 1,020-hp @Tesla #ModelSPlaid accelerates from 0 to 60 mph in 1.98 seconds—under very specific circumstances dictated by Tesla. We got a chance to run the Tesla Model S Plaid on the track. https://t.co/C2PpLQLEIJ June 17, 2021 at 4:21 pm One kind-of-sort-of has to wonder about what accelerating at 1¼ G does to the critical joints throughout the frame, (probably not terribly bad, all in all), but also the ∑cycles of the batteries. You know, the faster the discharge rate, the lower the total ∑cycles before the battery's degraded capacity drops below-spec. Already, this is a problem with the super-über-foober Chargers, Model III. The 250 kW of charging power gets well into the ohmic heating region of the individual cells. Only through competent internal temperature metrology and feedback to the charging loop, does Tesla keep cars from catching fire. Thank the gods for that. Still 250 kW is at least 2.5-C as it is called for a 100 kWh battery. Much higher for the tiny 50 kWh batteries. 5-C. Maybe I'm over-worrying. 5-C isn't that high, at least as far as charge rates for radio-controlled playthings, and for commonplace construction hand-held battery powered tools. Yah, i'm over worried. If the ultimate life of a modern cell is maybe 2500-C in terms of best-case charge-discharge cycling, rates, depth-of-charge, commutated overcharge … then the best case only derates to 2000-C or so with such modest per-cell charge rates. Nevermind my original objection.