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Originally Posted by N54Yankee
One fast lap with a tesla engineer riding shotgun tweaking the cars brain to prevent it from burning the car to the asphalt while laying down a good time. Not impressive.
The cars batteries drain so quickly at speed that after a short period on the track seconds are added to elapsed time every single lap.
The top dog S model hasn't even been able to get a complete lap at the Ring without running into battery save mode to prevent fire and those times completed have not come close to top tier cars or even middle tier.
They might be the wave of the future but they have a ways to go before being competitive on the track.
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The model S is the "top dog" but the model 3 is the true star in their line up. It's smaller, lighter and has a more advanced and cooler running battery system. Not to mention it was tuned on the track as opposed to the commuter/family friendly model S. So far reports show it can last longer on track without overheating unlike the Model S.
The Model 3 is no sports car, but it will be much faster than the Model S around the track.