A Tesla Model S P100D Has Just Run The Standing Quarter In 10.6 Seconds

This is a new best for a car already known for its devastating drag strip performance, with a cheeky drop in tyre pressures part of what made it possible.

Matt Kimberley

21 Mar 2017

We already know the Tesla Model S P100D is fast. We wholeheartedly applaud Elon Musk’s determination to make it the fastest-launching car out there. But one has just posted a 10.6-second quarter-mile… on standard tyres.

In fact, Chris at HorsepowerFreaks achieved the time in a totally standard P100D. Love or loathe electric cars, that’s astonishing. After three passes in the 10.7s, dropping the pressures to 25psi and restoring some charge at a nearby Supercharger station brought the figures down to 10.63 seconds.

A Tesla Model S P100D Has Just Run The Standing Quarter In 10.6 Seconds

The P100D has previously run quarter-mile times in the 10.8s and even the 10.7s, but this is the first recorded 10.6 – and it’s not even a high 10.6. The P100D is the undisputed king of the real-world drag strip.

Via: Reddit

Comments

Wow that’s the same time of a bugatti veyron (basemodel)

if it’s the 1/4 mile record, then how can it be the same as another car

Wait does this mean HorsepowerFreaks is coming back??

the launch doesnt look too fats because the Tesla pulls it off so calmly and with no vigour….. HELLCATS ON THE OTHER HAND ;)

Rimac concept one: Look at those kids having fun

How much do the batteries and motors overheat doing that?

Urm… have you been misbehaving Petrol Mum (The Dreamer) ?

Haha, I watched this video before I drove the car :D. Mine was red, and we all know red ones go faster!

Only view Tesla owners will see once Ma Mopar brings the Demon out to play

lol the demon name is a joke

Being a stock Hellcat only does 11.2 seconds with the automatic, not sure if it’s going to chop off .7 seconds or more with the Demon. Especially if the Demon is a manual, of course. At the very most it’ll eclipse the quartermile by a marginal amount, and still be behind for the 0-60.