Tesla Model S P85D vs Lamborghini Aventador

Can An Electric sedan beat a Lamborghini Aventador on a straight race? Warning, you would be wrong to leave with a priori.
The Lamborghini Aventador is among the best sprinters in the world. With its four-wheel drive and 700 horsepower, it can jump from 0 to 100 km in 2.9 seconds. Only the Nissan GT-R, Porsche 918 Spyder, the Bugatti Veyron, the LaFerrari and P1 are officially better.

While the Tesla S is known for its impressive acceleration capabilities (already seen beating a BMW M4), so you can think it’s slower than the Italian supercar straight.

But here there is a Tesla S P85D pushed to 700 horsepower. Surprising the Italian!

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Tesla P85D VS Ferrari 458 Italia

We saw that the Tesla model S P85D is not exactly a weak electric car. With pure acceleration, it is able to cope with very powerful supercar thanks to its high power electric engines: 700 hp in total. After the BMW M4 last week, the P85D version of the Tesla S faces this time an Italian high performance car: the Ferrari 458 Italia. And yes, this big electric sedan jumped like a supercar.

 

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The “insane” mode of the P85D

"Insane" mode on the huge 17-inch color screen of the P85D

     In the last article we presented the P85D model. Without giving too much details we mentioned the insane mode that allows this model to have a worthy supercar acceleration. Today, therefore, we discover a rather unusual feature offered by the 100% electric vehicle. Indeed, it is possible to choose the acceleration mode, "Sport" or "Insane".


To activate the P85D's full potential, you have to press a button on the huge central touchscreen marked ‘Insane’. And that's pretty much how it feels. The insane mode according to Elon Musk, allows the engine to increase its power from 416 to 691bhp and the torque from 600 to 930 Nm. With this improvement, the Model S P85D can go from 0 to 62mph in 3.2 seconds ... Definitely this 100% electric car does not cease to surprise us!

 

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