The car was hacked to remove speed restrictions.



Tesla Model S Plaid has a maximum official speed of 175 mph (281 km/h). But what if it could go faster?

This is a question asked by a man named Guillaume André as he sat behind the wheel of a white Tesla Model S Plaid at Trois-Rivières Airport in Quebec, Canada.

Press the throttle to reach record speed

He then climbed onto the throttle until Tesla reached a top speed of 216 mph (348 km/h), breaking the record for the fastest speed publicly reported for the model. How did he do it?

Andre's not just an ordinary man. He is ceo of Ingenext, a Quebec-based company that sells auto parts, collections and units that help unlock software-locked features in Tesla cars.

Therefore, he was particularly skilled at penetrating the car to remove speed restrictions. It seems that without these things, the car can really increase its speed.
The story occurred last Thursday and was covered by Widley News. Andre and his team were closed to Trois Riviere Airport for their experiment. The site had a 3 km (1.8 mile) runway that was ideal for testing.
Has the car been modified along with the breach of its speed limits? Yes, but only slightly. Ingenext's S Plaid consists of a stored production vehicle with larger brakes than Mountainpass Performance and High Performance Tires (Michelin Pilot Super Sport).

These modifications were mostly made for safety reasons, as access to these high speeds may cause a normal car to burn its tires as well as inability to stop.
How far does the CEO have to go to reach his record speed? Andre had to reach about 1.2 miles (2 km) to achieve a top speed of 216 miles per hour (348 km/h). On the other hand, the collapse was another story where the CEO took the full length of the runway to stop completely even with the installation of larger restrooms.