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When I first considered buying an EV the reasons for doing so were environmental, fuel savings, and the modern tech.  I never really thought much about the performance side of things but I knew out of the EVs out there, the Tesla line up were the most powerful by far.  What is nuts is that power can be increased with a simple software update that tweaks the output algorithm. That is exactly what happened in the most recent 10.1 update which claimed to unlock an additional 5% of performance.  I didn’t think 5% would equate to much seat of the pants difference but man was I wrong.

During my commute to and from work I got a chance to stab the accelerator pedal a few times and the difference was pretty shocking.  The car was already very fast, now it feels it almost brutally fast. It surely is faster than any car I owned before, and I have owned some performance cars like a turbo Probe GT, V-8 Firebirds and Chevelles, a Corvette, and yes my 2005 SSR.  The Tesla would smoke them all as it pulls away like a quiet rocket.

I talked about the power and other new features on camera last night, check it out.