On November 22nd, Musk tweeted to Jay, a member of the 42 garage, and revealed that the Model S Plaid is expected to be launched in China in March next year.
The new Model S has been delivered since June this year, but is currently only available in the US and Canadian markets.
On the evening of June 10, 2021, local time in the US, Tesla held a Model S Plaid delivery event at its California factory. Shortly after the North American official website opened for orders, the Tesla Model S Plaid appeared on the official website in China and started accepting reservations. According to official news, the new Model S Plaid is expected to be delivered to Chinese users by the end of 2022. Musk’s response may bring this delivery time forward.
The power of the new Model S Plaid is extremely exaggerated. With three motors, it can reach 1,020 horsepower, accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in 2.1 seconds, have a top speed of 322 km/h, and a range of 637 kilometers. In September this year, the Model S Plaid also set the world record for the fastest production electric car on the Nürburgring track in Germany.
The yoke-style steering is also a hot topic of discussion for the Model S Plaid. The turn signals and horns are solved through touch, and even the gear shifting is integrated into the central control screen, changing the design of the past manual gear shifting.
According to the official website, the new Model S Plaid’s in-car gaming performance is extremely powerful, and it can even play games such as “The Witcher 3” and “Cuphead,” comparable to game consoles. Musk once stated on Twitter that the in-car gaming performance of the new Model S can even play “Cyberpunk 2077.”
Currently, Tesla’s Shanghai Gigafactory has become an important pillar of Tesla’s production capacity. In Q3 2021, Tesla produced a total of 237,823 vehicles, with Shanghai Gigafactory contributing 133,238 of them. At present, Tesla Shanghai Gigafactory only produces Model 3 and Model Y, and it is unknown whether Tesla will introduce the production line of the new Model S to the Shanghai factory in the future.
This article is a translation by ChatGPT of a Chinese report from 42HOW. If you have any questions about it, please email bd@42how.com.