Watch the Tesla Model S Plaid smash the Nurburgring electric car record

Telsa is back in the news, but this time nobody crashed and no one is getting sued. The Tesla Model S Plaid is one of the quickest cars ever made, sporting a 0-60 mph time of 1.99 seconds and 1,020 horsepower from its three high-performance motors.

Tesla founder Elon Musk took to Twitter to proclaim the car had just set the official world speed record for a production electric car at the Nurburgring – you can watch the lap in the video above.

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