A Tesla Mannequin S Plaid modified by Unplugged Efficiency has set a brand new lap document at Willow Springs Raceway in Rosamond, California.

As it’s possible you’ll bear in mind, the Unplugged Mannequin S Plaid holds the Laguna Seca EV lap document. Moreover, a inventory Mannequin S Plaid was briefly the fastest-production EV across the Nurburgring earlier than its time was bettered by a Porsche Taycan Turbo S earlier this yr.

Nevertheless, the Unplugged Plaid isn’t just the primary EV round Willow Springs, however the quickest automobile interval. Its 1:13.51 time comfortably bettered the earlier 1:16.45 document set by a modified Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport.    

The Unplugged Plaid options a wide selection of efficiency upgrades, together with a brand new suspension setup, carbon-ceramic brakes and an aero package. Given the suspension improve alone prices within the area of $15,000, it is secure to imagine this record-setting Plaid has over $30,000 value of modifications. Take a look at the beneath video to see the Unplugged Plaid in motion.

The inventory Tesla Mannequin S Plaid is already one of many quickest vehicles on sale, with a 1.99 second 0-60 mph time and 1,100 hp output. Accessible within the US for nearly 2 years, the Plaid nonetheless hasn’t arrived in Europe – nonetheless order books not too long ago opened in numerous EU international locations similar to France and Germany.