By Kate on September 16, 2016 12:55 PM | No Comments
Car and Driver:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/video-reminds-us-tesla-model-171404264.html
Car and Driver:
We've seen before just how incapable Teslas are at being pushed to their limits at racetracks, but the issues that C+D lists is comprehensive. In just one lap at Virginia International Raceway, with the magazine's technical editor, K.C. Colwell, behind the wheel, the Model S P85D goes into reduced power mode in the middle of the single hot lap, displays an air suspension fault, and has a heart-stopping change of pressure in the brake pedal. Those things are not exactly ideal when you're tracking your car.
Teslas are now capable of quietly accelerating to 60 mph from standstill in 2.5 seconds, but apparently the electric car manufacturer hasn't yet figured out how to make its cars go around a racetrack without them falling on their sad, grille-less faces. When attempting a hot lap with their loaner Model S, Car and Driver found multiple faults with its performance sedan.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/video-reminds-us-tesla-model-171404264.html