A fresh Tesla Easter egg has landed for owners of P100D models, hidden in the company’s latest over the air firmware update.
As promised towards the end of 2016, owners of Tesla vehicles fitted with the firm’s most potent battery pack can now enable a Ludicrous+ mode on top of the standard Ludicrous speed boost.
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The Easter egg boosts power, and as promised slashes the model S P100D’s 0-60mph time by a tenth of a second, resulting in a mad dash of just 2.4 seconds – placing the saloon in the same ballpark as hypercars like the LaFerrari, McLaren P1 and Porsche 918 Spyder.
It also means Tesla’s fastest vehicle is almost on par with the new Faraday Future FF91. The new electric SUV was the star of the consumer electronics Show, packing a 1000bhp plus all-electric drivetrain for a 0-62mph time of 2.39 seconds.
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To unlock the extra power – some 33bhp – model S and X P100D owners need to have the latest firmware (version 2.52.22). pressing and holding the Ludicrous button in the car’s settings menu for five seconds activates the Easter egg.
