MW Tesla cancels Plaid Plus; 'No need' after upgrade to regular Plaid, Elon Musk tweets
By Mike Murphy
Deliveries of new Model S variant expected this week
Tesla Inc. is pulling the plug on its Model S Plaid Plus electric car, Elon Musk said Sunday, because the regular Plaid is "so good."
In a series of tweets , the Tesla chief executive said: "Model S goes to Plaid speed this week. Plaid+ is canceled. No need, as Plaid is just so good. 0 to 60mph in under 2 secs. Quickest production car ever made of any kind. Has to be felt to be believed."
Tesla says the Plaid, with a starting price at about $120,000, has a top speed of 200 mph and will go 0-60 in 1.99 seconds, compared to 3.1 seconds for the regular Model S. It was unveiled in 2019 , and the first Plaid deliveries are expected this week, after a months-long delay. The Plaid Plus would have had better battery range, 520 miles per charge, compared to the Plaid's 390.
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Production of the Plaid Plus had been expected in 2022. As of Sunday, the Plaid Plus option was greyed out and unclickable on Tesla's web site . It was unclear the status of Plaid Plus pre-orders. Tesla, which disbanded its media-relations department last year, did not immediately respond when asked for details.
Tesla shares $(TSLA)$ are down 15% year to date, but up more than 238% in the past 12 months.
-Mike Murphy; 415-439-6400; AskNewswires@dowjones.com
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June 06, 2021 19:47 ET (23:47 GMT)
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