Tesla P85D Cellphone Test — Instant Torque In Action (Video)
If you haven’t had the good fortune yet to ride in a Tesla Model S P85D when it’s going all out but want to really get some idea of what it’s like, well, I’ve got just the thing for you.
A video demonstrating the ability of the model to accelerate so fast that it can pin an iPhone to the back seat for ~5 seconds. No editing tricks or anything like that — just exactly what it sounds like. Here it is:
On that note, I should probably direct you to some related videos while we’re on the subject — Watch People React To The Tesla Model S P85D Launch and Tesla Model S P85D Makes These Ladies Giddy (VIDEO) are particularly good/funny.
Gas2 provides some thoughts on this latest one:
As you can clearly see, the 689 lb-ft of torque (or nearly 900 lb-ft according to some dyno runs) available at 0 RPM creates enough 1.2 g’s of lateral acceleration to pin an iPhone to the back seat….and there it stays for more than a few seconds.
All told, the iPhone stays pinned to the back seat for about 5 seconds, and this isn’t the sort of trick you can replicate in just any car. Even the fastest, thirstiest, and most expensive, combustion cars will never, ever, be able to match the instant torque of an electric motor. That’s why other automakers are scrambling to rush out their own all-electric competitors to the Tesla Model S, fulfilling Elon Musk’s dream of a future where electric cars are just as popular as they are potent.
So I guess the takeaway of all of this is that, if you are lucky enough to get to ride around in a Tesla Model S P85D (somewhere without speed limits perhaps…), then make sure that you buckle up and secure any loose items. Perhaps the same protocol as used by jet pilots?
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