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By far the best coverage of the model S plaid that I’ve seen. 👍

Engineering prowess and ambition are the fundamentals that set Tesla apart. And these come directly from Elon’s personal priorities

The carbon sleeved rotor design 👍

2 years ago I would drive into Vancouver and I might see 1 or 2 Teslas in a day. Just last week I drove into Vancouver and saw Teslas all over. Once I saw 3 Teslas in a row. They're all over the place. Phenomenal growth. More to come.

If this is Model S then imagine Roadster 🔥

You can upgrade to the FSD option after the vehicle has been delivered, so it's not an issue for the tax credits.

If Tesla's rollout of the CSRs (carbon-sleeved rotors) is like other performance-related features, they've left significant unlocked potential, providing headroom to crank up the top speed, etc., and will gradually unlock more once they've gained a body of real-world experience.

Wow!! 0.208 drag coefficient - insane 👍👍👍👍

At this point, they aren't even judging tesla on the present, they're stuck in the past.

I was thinking how outdated other interiors will look and then you said exactly that. Love that Tesla is a U.S. company.

Thank you! This was the best coverage of the Model S Plaid that I’ve seen so far. Very informative.

Elon said that the Manufacturing capability could be improved by a factor of 10 which is amazing and would cut car costs to a point where they would be the only manufacturer able to survive the transition to EV’s. Other components like Software and styling will continue to evolve in a more linear fashion but if manufacturing of batteries and autos can be done add 1/3 the cost of any other company in the world it’s game over for the competition.

One frustration with many of the videos discussing the refreshed 2021 Model S is the fact that they almost always address the vehicle as the “Plaid”. Clearly, there are some unique features that are available in the Plaid only (the motors being a prime example), but what other features are included in both the Plaid and Long Range models. Heat pumps for example.

Informative stuff. Good show, I subscribed. At this point I like the Plaid logo. Gonna look for a T-shirt.

Great content. Thanks for your efforts

Sick, Sick, Sick. It's a great time to be alive people.

My only real gripe with Elon and Tesla at this point now, and it is a growing one, is his stance on right to repair. If his company would only embrace a repair friendly position and business model, there would honestly be nothing to blemish them, except when Elon says something dumb, but hey he is human and that can be allowed.

Cant wait for the stocks to Really Take Off.

Unless you into streets racing, longer range for at least 500+ miles real travel will make more practical sense!

Damn. This thing will smoke the Tycan.

Very well informed content... Kudos 😎

Quibbles: There's no steel casing around the rotor, which is built up of numerous thin steel sheets stacked along the axis. (The carbon sleeve is a significant departure from the prior mechanical design.) These thin sheets themselves provide the tensile strength against centrifugal forces. Also, I think that all three motors in the Model S are IPMSynRM (Internal Permanent Magnet Synchronous Reluctance Motor) - they combine the effects of the reluctance geometry of the steel rotor body with those of permanent magnets embedded within that body under the influence of the rotating magnetic field generated by the changing current in the stator coils.

Something to look into on cold-weather degradation. There seems to be more to it than just cabin heating. I’ve noticed driving in extreme cold, as long as the battery stays warm, the battery capacity does not degrade. If the battery is pre-conditioned or your just driving around town, I don’t see significant degradation;. However, driving on the interstate, when the battery gets cold, the battery capacity suddenly gets cut in half (or so). It’s not a steady drain, it’s a sudden drop. So, I think that the new heat exchanger is more about thermal management of the battery, than improving cabin heating. Just my observations.

Well carbon itself can handle extreme heat. But one important thing to remember is that the resin used does melt long before the carbon itself so that is why we don't see entire carbon fiber exhaust systems ie on sportsbikes. Due to the heat in the exhaust gases, only that pipe on the end of the exhaust system can be made of carbon fiber. Because if you tried to make an entire exhaust system in carbon fiber the resin would melt and soon you would be driving without any exhaust system. Electric motors themselves are heat restricted. Too high temperature will render magnets useless. Even the highest quality magnets can only withstand around 200 degress celsius (iirc) or 220 ish C, and that is more or less in line with what the resin in carbon fiber can take of heat.

Enjoyed the video excellent quality thx 1 detail point of correction ..the machine they had to make was to pretension the copper windings not the carbon wrap. This condensed and reduced the spacing between the windings and reduced the expansion of the copper windings, this hqd to be done first before they could apply the carbon wrap.

Nice information on model s plaid ....

I love the color in the screenshot! I would like to see a headlight and taillight redesign and a better looking grill not just that flat front.

Thank you for letting us know about these hidden features.

Regarding FSD. You can purchase this after you have purchased the car. It’s just a software download you can buy from the app at any time.

Are the new heat pumps is also available in the long range model or is just dedicated to plaid only?

"Once-Supercars" is a good one :D

if the model S can now reach the performance of the roadster for ~half the price, that thing is gonna be able to reach warp speed

Great video

excellent video!

Outstanding report, you now have my subscription

Tesla number one in the world forever Tesla

Thank you 😊

Great video on an amazing ev. Just curious why there isn't more talk about home chargers? So much talk about charging stations when charging at home is one of the best things about ev ownership. I realize this isn't an option for some, but for the large majority charging at home it's what makes ev ownership the most convenient car ownership option and that is a huge advantage over other cars...especially if you have solar panels that keep costs down and give you huge satisfaction that you are driving your car with power generated from the sun.

Agreed absolutely love engineering

Thank you!

Competition? All the OEMs are playing catch up with the 2012 model! Engineering is the absolute best with Tesla.

CORRECTION: All 3 engines are identical, which have both Permanent Magnets and Reluctance on the same engine.

6:20 it can fairly easily be inferred it is the 19" Tempest if you are talking about drag coefficient. The 21" arachnid wheels lower the overall range by 42 miles.

The only thing I think is missing for tesla to be perfect is to put incredible technologies in their headlights. I don't know if they are the same as BMW or Mercedes but I think there should be these types of headlamps that cut out cars and aim at street signs

Good review. 5 Tesla owner, only V2 by me and I generally charge between 60 and 100KWh. I wish they charged faster and 2) I wish the powerband was solid across all of the SOC, which is now solved somewhat by plaid! Generally, I like my cars above 80% because now I even feel my Model Y Performance is slow relative to my other Tesla Performance model history, and upcoming

10:00 This is the chart that will have Hellcats and their owners crying, but only when they understand what it means at the racetrack. For years Models S & X have sprinted past their fossil competitors in the first 6 seconds, only to see them grow in the rearview and roar past around the quarter mile. I liken the contest to the one in the WW2 Pacific theater between the Mitsubishi A6M Zero (as Dodge Hellcat) and it's nemesis the Grumman F4F Wildcat (as Raven Model S), only to find itself up against the similar-looking Grumman F6F Hellcat (as Plaid Model S). Japanese aces died mistaking the Hellcat for the Wildcat.

Awesome 👍🏻

I must admit I was one that felt the plaid was a bit tame for Tesla, I totally underestimated the amazing revolution of the engine, especially as SpaceX went from Carbon fibre to Steel, this went the other way. The brilliance that Elon Musk's companies make us almost blasé to the awesome progress all the time, the competition has no chance against such progressive outlook that never stands still. Other companies just try to copy as if Tesla will stop improving.

Amazing! 😍❤

Not a "breakthrough", but an achievement. Laying to rest the myth that "the batteries overheat". I've seen a report by Warren Reddich who was told by a Tesla employee, at the event, that the issue wasn't the cells, but the electronics overheating. That Tesla has achieved Plaid performance with the "old" cell format, AND to the extent that there was insufficient difference to justify the Plaid Plus (for road use), is impressive and removes another layer of FUD.

Thx for sharing. I didn’t know that about the tax credit (over $80k) So I guess you have to get black on black as well 🤦🏻‍♂️ Just learned something new!

unbeatable this car is perfect

Losing the side mirrors would certainly help drag coefficient

Enjoyed the video, it’s not under 2 seconds 0-60. They subtract roll out.

AWESOME!! I'LL ADD IT TO MY TRI MOTOR CYBERTRUCK FSD!!

You can also just buy lifetime FSD after you own the car, and get the tax credit if it is there.

You buy the Plaid without the FSD and then you add the FSD OTA once you have got the tax credit.

Any video about how to handle the yoke for driving a sharp turn?

Although Tesla has lower Cd (drag coefficient), it may still require more energy than Porsche to move. The drag equation also includes (frontal) area (A). You have to multiply Cd by A for a true relative comparison. Lucid claims both a low Cd and A, so ought to be pretty efficient. Teslas are quite large cars relatively speaking (especially when compared with European cars). Edit: other things in the drag equation are constants (at same speed). The only 'variable' is are density (r, rho). High temperatures would reduce r for better acceleration and top end, (but both of these are also dependent on rolling friction and motor power and efficiency).

I think the roadster will be the real game changer when it comes to comparing them to exotic brands. Just because the Plaid is faster than a Ferrari or Lamborghini doesn't mean my dream car is suddenly a 4 door sedan lol. There is a lot more to a exotic car other than just performance. You have to factor in the way they look and brand legacy. The roadster will have the look and the performance.

Tesla has in the past used different motors front and rear to optimise for power or range. If all three motors are the same, then the limiting factor may be how fast they can discharge the batteries. So your speculation that the 4680 might allow for 3*400hp could be right and the reason for the Plaid + expected to be quicker.

Just waiting for a true super car from Tesla, just to be sure.

I heard Brooke from drag times mentioned 400 hp per motor. I believe this is for the torque vectoring. It may not be for future upscaling of power output. The motor will probably be revised again. Torque vectoring requires completely cutting off the power on one wheel, so for a fractions of a second outwould only have 800 hp

wow, your video was long. I fell asleep and woke up and you were still going on about the battery.

KEEP IT'S UP ELON

When a leader leads some follow or know what is needed to overtake. Others may not be able to stay in the race

Carbon sleeve for fast rotating stuff has been around a long time. If it hasnt been before for cars is probably because of cost, bad legacy inertia or it wasnt well solved in that area. Probably Tesla with its tecnical and materials engineers has found a way to solve some problems or make it cost worthy.

The 4680 cell has an aging issue? Premature aging of thermal and electrical conduction performance. Per Tesla’s patent, 4680 cell removed the “single welded tab” in the tab-less design. Eliminating the tab breaks the circuit between electrode and output terminal - cell wall. To undo the break, Tesla employ multi flap (are copper flaps protruded from periphery of electrode) to complete the circuit plus pretension induced in the cell capping process. If all goes well these flaps provide thermal and electrical conduction as expected starting from the delivery day, and will begin aging as soon as it is put on use under inertial and thermal shock in road. Why? It the flaps are annealed soft copper that can’t flex back to its original shape once deformed by inertial shocks. One by one begins to disconnect from the cell wall, until only one flap left in circuit. From there on further inertial shock will cause momentary open circuit at the cell wall. Leaving thermal and electrical conduction worse than cells with one welded tab. All chemistry improvement in the 4680 will be gated by those soft copper flaps. Failing to addressing those issue will let Tesla lost all their claims on 4680 cell. Cells that degrade below Panasonic 18650 and pouch cells. Almost all Tesla’s competitions use pouch format. If the thermal management in model3 isn’t implemented with 4680 cell pack can degrade chemical performance for modelY and future models on 4680.

You said centripetal instead of centrifugal.... Good job.

MY jeep has a drag coefficient of 0.65!

This would be the script that elon had to read while presenting on june 10

Waiting for the standard

The S and X seem to be testbeds for advanced tech, No mention of using castings though. Production line down for what 6 months - long enough, completely redoing the body and adding castings might have taken much longer. Tesla engineering is in the groove running circles around the competition.

1865s have some advantages over 2170s due to their smaller size, such as higher aggregate power draw and greater surface area for thermal transfer, that are particularly beneficial for the performance demands of Models S&X. I wonder if the new pack uses plate instead of ribbon cooling.

So much engineering that they catch fire.

Can't wait for the 4680

very nice, family EV car, safe and slow but looking good.....Now, we have to check the category of EV hypercars as some of them make PLATE in delay in about 4 to 5 cars on drag race

Probably not "software limited at that speed", it is battery output limited at ~750Kw. Each motor is capable of 400hp, with more battery output it should be able to go up to somewhere nearer 3 x 400 = 1200hp (depending on other limitations). Probably looking to roadster, which will be a beast.

What type of battery are in the new plaid model S? 18650, 4680, 2170?

What are the engineering tradeoffs in choosing to have a single speed gearbox vs two speed? Does the carbon fiber wrap offer advantages at low speed, or is it purely to be able to advertise a 200 mph top speed that almost nobody will ever make use of? (Not that this would be such a bad thing - it is a tech demonstration of the capabilities of electric cars, and anyone who doesn't want the silly top speed can not pay for it and save $50k.)

Chulada 😎👊

As long as Tesla exists, and no matter the innovation, they pose a threat to big oil's profit margin, so there will be resistance, misleading imformation and Tesla hate.

Something very off about that "power" graph. It looks like a torque graph, HP/kW (power) must keep increasing as the "work done" (speed) increases. It makes not sense to me???

Good job from tesla but i dont like the steering wheel and the steering ratio. These two things combined will be Nightmare to any user

Should Tesla cars be considered to be more like KITT or KARR?

I love what I watched. People are ignorant of profitability in bitcoin/crypto investment and that has been the major issues limiting their investments

new heatpump

TESLA will adopt FLIR technology soon.

You can still buy the FSD after purchasing the vehicle through the app, can't you?

The fanboy is strong with this one...

The vents being pointed at our face all the time is not good news for those of us who wear contact lenses.

Hey dude do you even own a Tesla? I got the impression when you mentioned the new model S air events that you had no idea the model 3 never had air vents and always had a horizontal screen

I would say that lowering the front in Plaid mode, increases air drag but also increases downforce which is very important for stability at high speeds.

Video is a little confusing regarding drag, sport cars usually have less drag just by having a smaller wind facing surface, but a worse cd because they need more downforce.

*the infotainment computer is based on an AMD Ryzen APU, with efficient integrated graphics, enough to power the 3 screens under normal circumstances. It also has a discrete graphics card, which switches on only when gaming, but it's not really high end, more like mid-range. It's an AMD Radeon PRO W6600 with 8GB GDDR6 memory.

Reluctance motor in the front and permament magnets motors in the back, mmmm Tesla Synchronous motors are BOTH Reluctance and Permament magnet combined... Sounds like something doesn't fly with now having "Reluctance motor in the front and permament magnets motors in the back"

16:09 well of course the high end market is extremely lucrative, the prices are sky-high.

Which model of Tesla’s production quality has reached - six sigma - or not?

But Tesla doesn't have Unionize Factories so you can't get the 15k-10k rebate that applies to EV vehicles sold in the U.S.