A Tesla Model S Plaid, a limited-edition $130,000 vehicle capable of going stupidly fast, erupted into a fireball just days after being delivered to a customer in Pennsylvania, according to lawyers representing the unnamed customer.
“Our client was trapped & could have died,” tweeted Ben Meiselas, a lawyer with the firm Geragos & Geragos.
The Model S Plaid, a souped-up version of the Model S, is capable of acceleration from zero to 60 miles per hour in less than two seconds, has an advertised top speed of 200 miles per hour — more than double the legal speed limit of any road in the U.S. — and a peak power equivalent of 1,020 horsepower. To achieve this performance in a safe manner with a flammable Lithium Ion battery would require extremely sophisticated battery management techniques.
It appears that, at least in one case, that goal was not achieved.
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