If you follow Tesla, you likely already knew that "Plaid" has something to do with acceleration. However, while many people think of Elon Musk's Plaid simply as a performance car or a specific mode ...

How fast is the updated Tesla Model S 100D from 0-60 MPH and what is Chill Mode? However, with the new Chill mode activated, the Model S 100D gets to 60 mph in a glacial 7.2 seconds. For reference, ...

Within the Tesla mobile app for our long-term 2021 Model Y is an Acceleration Boost option that at the press of a button — and disappearance of $2,000 from our ledger — claims to drop the electric ...

More importantly than zero emissions and saving the planet and all of that stuff, electric cars have a lot of torque. That means they can accelerate like small land rockets that'll make you lose ...

Tesla' 'ludicrous' mode that shows off its incredible acceleration is legendary - but now, the firm has revealed an altogether calmer version. The reduced acceleration feature, called 'Chill: a new ...

Tesla's Elon Musk announced two upgrades to the Model S today, an improvement in acceleration and an increase in its battery pack output, both available to existing customers. Wayne Cunningham reviews ...

Elon Musk took the lid off his own madness with the Tesla Model S P85D, the dual-motor, all-wheel-drive, 691 horsepower silent screamer of the electric car world. As if all that unhinged power wasn't ...

Wayne Cunningham reviews cars and writes about automotive technology for CNET's Roadshow. Prior to the automotive beat, he covered spyware, Web building technologies, and computer hardware. He began ...