Elon Musk continues to drop hints on social media
about the next-gen Tesla Roadster, and the latest sounds borderline
unbelievable. When asked whether the next-gen Roadster will do a 0-60 mph in
under 2 seconds, Tesla’s CEO responded by saying that this would make an
interesting target.
Musk said that we’re still “some
years away” from getting a successor to the Roadster but that didn’t stop him
from also saying that the new model will be the first one to get a “Maximum
Plaid” mode, which is Tesla speak for being even faster than the existing
“Ludicrous” mode.
Leaving aside the obvious references to the
Spaceballs movie, the next Roadster should beat the official 0-60 mph time set
by the Model S P100D Ludicrous at 2.5 seconds in order to justify its “Maximum
Plaid” credentials.
And as Elon Musk puts it, that should count only if
the new model is capable of pulling these insane kind of numbers right off the
production line with street legal tires.
