Elon Musk will send a Tesla Model S to the Nürburgring to beat the record of the Porsche Taycan

Shortly after the official unveiling of the Porsche Taycan, Elon Musk reacted to the news by questioning the German carmaker’s decision to call its electric car Turbo, while announcing that he will send a Tesla Model S to the legendary Nürburgring track in an attempt to beat the record time of the newly launched Porsche Taycan.

As usual, the founder of Tesla made both his comment and the announcement using his Twitter account, without providing further information about this upcoming visit to the iconic Nürburgring circuit.

The decision by Porsche to name the two fastest versions of the Taycan Turbo and Turbo S has been criticised by part of the media and the public, due to the lack of a real turbocharger and an ICE powertrain.

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Will the Tesla Model S beat the lap time of the Porsche Taycan?

However, the Stuttgart brand has been using the Turbo badge to simply signify the fastest iterations of its models, including the Porsche 911, the Porsche Macan, the Porsche Cayenne and the Porsche Panamera, despite the fact that almost its entire lineup uses turbocharged engines.

Whether or not you feel that Porsche’s choice of words is poor, the new Taycan is possibly one of the most impressive new cars of the year and one of the most important in the history of the German marque.

The high-end Porsche Taycan Turbo S offers up to 761 CV and 1,050 Nm of maximum torque from its electric motor, so it is capable of reaching 100 km/h in 2.6 seconds and 0-200 km/h possible in 10.6 seconds.

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Power is provided by a 93.4 kWh battery pack, which allows a real-world range of 412 km according to the WLTP homologation cycle. Perhaps most importantly, the new Porsche Taycan uses an 800-volt architecture, the first in the world EV, which allows it to achieve its performance figures with much greater consistency.

Thanks to its ability to retain constant performance, the new Porsche Taycan managed to complete the Nürburgring circuit in an impressive 7 minutes and 42 seconds, and apparently Tesla will not leave this challenge unanswered. It will undoubtedly be interesting to see how they tackle a full, flat lap of the 12.9-mile track, since, according to reports, the Tesla Model S tends to overheat and enter reduced-power mode when driven even on a normal-sized track.

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