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A new, upgraded version of an electric car from Tesla Motors capable of going from 0 to 100kph in just 2.8 seconds. The original 691 horsepower Tesla Model S P85D already incredibly fast. It even had a function Insane Mode, which the car could get from 0-100kph in 3.2 seconds. The upgrade is called Ludicrous Mode and will the horsepower up to 762, thus providing the extra power to get to 100kph in less than three seconds. This is close to the acceleration of a Porsche 911 Turbo S supercar. That kind of horsepower the car can at a force of 1.1G. This means the acceleration will the driver that he or she is faster than the speed of falling out of an airplane.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk that the new improvement in acceleration from research into an advanced battery. Engineers were on a new power train for its cars. A power rain is the system that the power from the engine to the wheels. The engineers to the battery power by ten per cent, resulting in the extra acceleration. Tesla said: "Unlike a gasoline internal combustion engine with hundreds of moving parts, Tesla electric motors only one moving piece: the rotor. As a result, Model S acceleration instantaneous, silent and smooth." The Tesla S P85D car is at $87,500 as a basic model; the "ludicrous" upgrade will an extra $13,000.

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