From the EditorWe’ve known for a while that EVs can be blindingly fast in a straight line. All the torque all at once equals a sprint down a straightaway so fast you want to laugh. But speed in a straight line is just one component of many that make a true performance car. So the Road Track staff waited—until the Tesla Plaid hype cycle passed, until the charging infrastructure inched forward just enough, until there were enough EVs on the market that think of themselves as serious sports cars.
Put the Plaid in either group, and the result is the same.So, the Model S Plaid isn’t cheap, but much of it feels cheap. And oddly archaic. The Model S is the most important car of this century, but now it’s an artifact of a bygone time and not a fully talented performance car.Porsche Taycan Turbo S: “To go from my 718 Spyder to this makes total sense,” reported editor-at-large Matt Farah after exiting Porsche’s Taycan Turbo S. “It’s instantly familiar.