Elon Musk might be the modern equivalent of a snake oil salesman and there are still many issues yet to be ironed out when it comes to their vehicles, but even the most dyed-in-the-red, hippie-hating, climate change denier has to admit: he\u2019s helped make EV\u2019s cooler (if not yet cool).<\/p>
The world\u2019s most successful electric vehicle brand and one of the most exciting businesses on the planet, the American marque\u2019s cars remain the high watermark for EVs across the globe. Leaving aside their ecological or technological bona fides, one of the strongest cases for Tesla ownership is their performance credentials: Tesla\u2019s Model S, 3, X and Y (yeah, there\u2019s a reason Musk named them that) can not only hold their own but easily thrash the vast majority of performance cars on the market in each of their model segments.<\/p>
Indeed, the Tesla Model S Plaid recently beat out the Porsche<\/a> 918 Spyder to nab the title of world\u2019s fastest production car by acceleration time, the hotted-up sedan capable of rocketing from 0 to 60mph in 1.98 seconds. Now that\u2019s fast. (By the way, Porsche has their own all-electric car now too, and it\u2019s really cool. Check out our review of it here).<\/em><\/p> If that wasn\u2019t enough to convince you that EVs can be fun, one of the lesser-known features of every Tesla car might just win you over, as this Instagram video reveals. Brooks Weisblat, founder of DragTimes.com<\/a> and a Model S Plaid owner, shows off how his Tesla, like all Teslas, boasts four built-in, always-on dash cams which record a number of different angles in front of and behind the car.<\/p>