Plaid @ 20% soc> is shockingly still a monster +

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https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-model-s-plaid-dead-battery-quarter-mile-time/
Tesla Model S Plaid at 20% battery after 40 quarter-mile runs is still a monster
August 28, 2021 ... Model S Plaid performed shockingly well. Despite its low battery level and the run being its 41st journey through the drag strip, the Tesla was still able to finish the quarter-mile in 9.94 seconds at 136.40 mph. The vehicle’s 0-60 mph time was also listed at 2.33 seconds as per Dragy data. This all but proved that Tesla was not joking when it stated that the Model S Plaid’s performance would be incredibly consistent and leagues better than its already impressive predecessors ...
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EV battery fires

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/energy/whos-making-those-ev-batteries-that-are-catching-on-fire/2021/08/24/07b9e3f2-0534-11ec-b3c4-c462b1edcfc8_story.html
Who’s Making Those EV Batteries That Are Catching on Fire?
August 25, 2021 ... General Motors Co. this month recalled its Bolt EVs for the third time in nine months, adding 73,000 newer vehicles. The latest measure — which will cost around $1 billion, for a total of $1.8 billion — includes every Bolt electric car. That follows a Hyundai Motor Co. recall of 82,000 EVs earlier this year, at a cost of around $900 million. In both cases, faulty batteries made by LG Energy Solutions, a unit of South Korean industrial heavyweight LG Chem Ltd., have led to vehicle fires. LG said the cost of the Bolt recall would be split depending on the outcome of a joint investigation ...




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