The team celebrates the new production EV lap record at Nürburgring. | Image: Tesla
Tesla’s Model S Plaid returned to the world-famous Nürburgring race course in Germany on Saturday, and it set a new best lap record for a production EV. The Model S Plaid completed the 12.9-mile lap in just 7 minutes and 25.231 seconds while being equipped with a new Track Pack system that upgrades the car’s components and software.
This new record beats Tesla’s own previous best time of 7 minutes and 30.909 seconds set in 2021. Although the 2021 lap time was set based on a measured 12.8-mile version of the Nürburgring track, Tesla had also set an official 12.9-mile record for 7 minutes and 35.579 seconds on the same day. Either way, Tesla now has two authentic Model S records ahead of Porsche’s 2019 record with the all-electric Taycan…
