OVERVIEW: Tesla S Plaid on Edmunds Portal. Summary? Super acceleration, terrible shuttlecock, waste of money
The Tesla Model S Plaid has been generally well received. There were complaints about last-minute cuts (battery smaller than expected, no Plaid+ version) and rocker, but reviews of the car were rather or overwhelmingly positive. The opposite of all these voices is the Edmunds review, in which the purchase of the Tesla S Plaid was considered a waste of money.
Edmunds' Model S Plaid test infuriates Tesla fans
The experiment begins by measuring the acceleration at which the tester is clearly overwhelmed by the vehicle's capabilities. As he says Tesla Model S Plaid - the fastest and most exciting carhe ever drove. During the conversation, you can see a curiosity that we have not yet noticed in any Tesla. They are located above the mirror next to the camera. two infrared LEDs:
However, brilliant acceleration is not everything. The main reviewer didn't like the car's 2,196-ton weight and didn't like the fact that the seats didn't hold it in corners. In terms of driving pleasure, he rated the Tesla Model 3 higher. In his opinion, the Tesla Model S Plaid was primarily conceived as a modern incarnation of a muscle car, a car that should accelerate as much as possible in a straight line. But in this regard, the Tesla Model S Long Range (based on the Plaid) should be good enough.
Edmunds expects people running Teslami S Plaid will cause accidentsbecause in the cabin you don't feel the speed at which the car is moving. At some point he had to stop because had motion sickness symptoms for the first time in his life... In internal combustion cars [where engine noise can be heard] or even on motorcycles, this is not the case.
The range test in normal use proved to be successful, showing that the Model S Plaid could reach 345 mph. 555 kilometers until the odometer reads 0 percent (-0,9% of EPA / Tesla measurements), and consumes an average of 20 kWh / 100 km... As for the power reserve, the Tesla Model 3 LR (2021) with a ~ 76 (82) kWh battery gave exactly the same result:
But the shuttlecock irritated himin which both direction indicators are activated with your left thumb. On narrow tracks and slippery surfaces, such a flattened steering wheel can be dangerous, according to the observer. He saw the Tesla Model S Plaid itself as an updated product, but created primarily for marketing, so that millionaires had something to tickle their ego.
This not-so-positive review generated a lot of backlash among Tesla enthusiasts. Edmunds was accused of belonging to a car dealership (dealer, car dealership owner) and a group showdown was organized to evaluate the film negatively. At the time of this writing, the Tesla S Plaid review had 1,9K positive and 4,8K negative ratings. However, it's worth seeing:
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