No More Regrets: Tesla Will Now Upgrade Your Ludicrous-less P90D For an Insane Price
For Tesla Model S P90D owners who have concluded they won’t soil their firm, supportive seats if given the chance to go faster, well, they’re in luck.
Tesla Motors is offering to bring “Ludicrous” mode to owners of the top-end Model S as an aftermarket upgrade, assuming their wallet can match their need to blow everything else out of the water.
Newly listed in Tesla’s online gear catalogue, the upgrade will cost you $10,000 before tax and associated labor. But, if you made the mistake of buying a P90D that stops at “Insane” and have thought of nothing else since, the Ludicrous lifestyle can now be yours.
Tesla says the upgrade will pare the stock P90D’s 0-60 mile per hour times down by 10 percent, making the run in 2.8 seconds and passing the quarter mile in 10.9.
Spending money on personal consumption is less enjoyable if you can’t brag about it, so Tesla will make sure your P90D reflects its newfound puissance. Tesla states that “vehicles will receive updated badging to P90D where the underline denotes the LUDICROUS upgrade.”
The electric automaker began offering the headline-generating upgrade on its now defunct P85D last summer.
Going Ludicrous involves installing an advanced “smart fuse” and swapping the steel main pack contacter with one made of an ultra-modern alloy. This allows the vehicle to increase power output from its battery from 1300 amps to 1500 amps.
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Sounds more like a Tesla fundraiser. The true cost on the upgrade can't be more than $2,000, right?
Its so sad to see that tesla cant develop a 2 or 3 ratio reduction gear. This car wouldbe absolutely incredible if they had the know how. Breaking into the 10s is no joke. Breaking into the sub 10.5s would be legendary.
How much for just the badge?
If you want this upgrade do you have to contact Tesla and state "I want to go plaid"?