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

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

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