Tesla has reclaimed the production EV lap record on the famous Nürburgring race track with a new Model S Plaid equipped with the Track package.
Nürburgring has been a fighting ground for Tesla and Porsche over the last few years.
After Porsche brought its brand-new Taycan electric car to the Nürburgring racetrack to break a record in 2019, Tesla CEO Elon Musk decided to use the famous proving grounds for the electric automaker’s own latest performance vehicle.
Tesla started testing early Model S Plaid prototypes at the track and achieved some impressive lap times. However, the vehicle was delayed, and it didn’t launch until two years later.
In 2021, Tesla brought its then brand-new production version Model S Plaid to the Nürburgring track and beat Porsche’s record with an impressive 7:35.579 lap.
A year later, Porsche regained the fastest production EV lap at the track with a Taycan Turbo S managing the shave 2 seconds off Tesla’s time.
Albeit technically a production car, the Porsche with a very specific “performance kit” that helped it achieve this record.
Tesla was expected to be able to beat it when its own long-delayed “Track Package” became available.
Sure enough, the new brakes and tires package is now available and Tesla confirmed that it was able to beat the Nürburgring production EV record with a Model S Plaid equipped with the package:
Now Tesla’s own ceramic brakes, new race tire, and wheel upgrades are all available, Tesla is expected to allow Model S Plaid owners to unlock those capabilities under “track mode”.
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