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The Tesla S P100D I test-drove had good brakes, I do not remember any issues. The Taycan Turbo S had fantastic brakes (PCCB) but I don't think that Musk would be so dumb to give the Plaid inferior brakes, so I assume the Plaid brakes are capable to handle the power and weight of the car.
My Trackhawk has really bad brakes when it comes to high speed driving, this is for sure. The brake feel and overall brake performance are great but only if you keep the speed under 200 kph (125 mph). Everything above and especially above 270 kph, is a nightmare, honestly. I hate it to drive faster than 260 kph in my Trackhawk and this has nothing to do with the excessive fuel consumption at these speeds.
In cost cutting moves, the braking systems of North American vehicles tend to be designed with the consideration of North American speed limits. Tesla is not much different than the Big 2.5. Porsche, as an automaker, has helped developed significantly more braking system innovations than Tesla will ever develop. Tesla still tends to develop its vehicles with the sunny climes of Southern California in mind than the rest of the world.
You mean the Porsche company called Brembo located in Italy?
I really think that you have to learn a little bit about our (German) car production process.
we have a very small Fertigungstiefe - sorry do not know the English word. It is less than 30% Porsche Rest are suppliers.
Agreed. This is about cost only. Jeep could have given the Trackhawk an excellent high speed brake system but what for? Most of these trucks are used to haul kids or for some dragstrip fun, no need for Autobahn durability. It is a shame that this mentality still exists with US manufacturers, especially for cars which also go into export.
They could have offered a ceramic brake or an even bigger steel brake, the ceramic brake would have costed Jeep maybe 500 bucks more production cost, the steel brake probably under 200. I'm not kidding. Profit is important. I am pretty sure thought that customers would have paid 1000 bucks more for the Trackhawk to get a better brake system. Just saying.
Most drivers would never notice any improvement in braking because the vast majority of these vehicles are in stop-and-go traffic in large U.S. metropolitan areas.
Let’s be reasonable. If you are going so fast on this street that you overheat your brakes in the plaid you will instantly be arrested if anyone sees you. That would be crazy driving on the street even an autobahn does not call for repeated rapid stops. This is only a track concern. For that you have plenty of Porsches money left for more brakes if racing a huge heavy sedan is your thing.
Let's be reasonable about how some have driven their Tesla Model S Plaids on the street. Here's one example with a fatal outcome and as more of these cars are sold expect to see more incidents like this one. A more powerful and fade resistant braking system might have averted the tragic outcome.
Tesla driver arrested after 116 mph crash kills two people and a dog
Lawsuit claims crash caused pain, suffering, death
PALM HARBOR, FL — Florida State Troopers have filed felony charges against the driver of a Tesla who investigators say was driving nearly 120 miles an hour in a residential neighborhood when he allegedly crashed the car, killing two people and a dog.
The family of the homeowner killed in the crash is now taking legal action against the estate of the car’s owner who also died in the crash.
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Top Videos Watch More PJ's Oyster Bar in St. Pete Beach has enormousstone crabsThe Tesla Model S Plaid, one of the fastest production cars in the world, crashed through the roof of a Palm Harbor home killing 69-year-old Donna Rein and her 14-year-old Yorkshire terrier Lilly.
“It’s been hell. Every day without her hurts more. It doesn’t get better. I’m waiting for her to call me. I’m waiting for her to text me,” said Rein’s daughter Amber Mooney.
Mooney is now left picking up the broken pieces of a once happy home, collecting her mother’s treasured belongings which have been exposed to the elements as a result of the gaping hole in the roof and the missing rear wall of the home.
“If it’s raining outside, it’s raining inside,” Mooney said.
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“I remember everything, but I can’t really talk about it”
“She retired for me so she could help me take care of my girls,” said daughter Lindsey Jones.
Jones is a cancer survivor with two special needs daughters. She said her mother picked the girls up from school and took them to therapies.
“She was there all day, every day just for us,” Jones said. ”She was the rock.”
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Donna Rein
Jones and her boyfriend were in the house at the time of the crash.
“I remember everything, but I can’t really talk about it. It’s too hard,” she said.
The crash left them temporarily homeless.
The Tesla’s owner bought the car hours earlier
The ABC Action News I-Team has uncovered the car’s owner, Travis Meisman, bought the new Tesla hours before the crash and died in it later that night.
According to Tesla’s website, the Model S Plaid model retails for $129,900, has a 1,020 peak horsepower electric motor, a top speed of 200 miles per hour, and can go from zero-to-sixty in 1.9 seconds.
Investigators said Meisman allowed his friend Vaughn Mongan to drive the car. Mongan took it down Hermosa Drive, a tiny side street that ends at a “T” intersection directly behind Rein’s home.
He was arrested last week, charged with two counts of vehicular homicide.
116 miles an hour on a short residential street
According to his arrest report, Mongan drove the Tesla 116 miles an hour in a 30-mile-an-hour zone, ran a stop sign, hit a fire hydrant and fence, then went up an embankment. That launched the car through the roof. It came to rest in the home, propelling Rein and her dog from her bedroom into the front yard.
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The I-Team rode on Hermosa Drive and determined it is only 0.3 miles long. That means it would take only 10 seconds to travel the entire length of that road at the maximum speed recorded on the car’s black box.
“To see that, to know what happened and to know that our mother is gone, words can’t explain that,” Mooney said.
Mongan was released after posting bond. When ABC Action News went to his home, no one answered the door.
Lawsuit alleges “massive pain, suffering and ultimately her death”
Rein’s family has filed a lawsuit against Mongan and Meisman’s estate, alleging Meisman gave Mongan the Tesla’s keys knowing he would operate the car in “a careless, reckless and/or negligent manner” causing Rein “massive pain, suffering and ultimately her death.”
“I just think this was completely senseless. Careless, senseless. Completely ridiculous. Completely unnecessary. And my mom’s gone,” Jones said.
The family has set up a GoFundMe page, hoping to meet immediate needs but they know that’ll only be a short-term solution to a tragedy that happened in a matter of seconds.
“This isn’t going to go away. This isn’t a story and next week there’s another story. Our family forever will be trying to take care of our family and this is a forever problem for us,” Mooney said.
Records show Mongan has had nine previous traffic violations in Pinellas County, including three speeding tickets.
If you have a story you’d like the I-Team to investigate, email us at adam@abcactionnews.com
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