Tesla Model 3 Could Get A 100 kWh Battery And Ludicrous Mode

The Tesla Model 3 may soon receive a new 100 kWh battery pack and the same Ludicrous Mode as the Tesla Model S Performance.

While recently digging through the source code of a Tesla Model 3 update, Twitter user ‘greentheonly’ found mention of a 100 kWh battery pack as well as a Ludicrous Mode option. If Tesla’s entry-level model receives both of these upgrades, it could potentially become the company’s quickest-acceleration production vehicle (until the new-age Roadster arrives.)

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The current Tesla Model 3 Performance, sitting at the top of the Model 3 family, features a 75 kWh battery pack so a 100 kWh battery would represent a 33.3 per cent jump in capacity. As the Model 3 features a shorter wheelbase than the Model S and Model X currently offered with a 100 kWh battery, it’s highly unlikely Tesla will simply take its existing 100 kWh battery and place it under the skin of the Model 3. Instead, we may instead see a more power-dense battery.

Anyone who has driven a Tesla Model 3 Performance will tell you that it is a very quick car. In fact, it can rocket to 62 mph (100 km/h) in just 3.4 seconds. There is talk about the car receiving a $2,000 software upgrade to boost acceleration that could see that 0-62 mph figure drop into the 2-second range. If a 100 kWh battery and Ludicrous Mode both find their way into a future derivative of the Model 3, it’s entirely possible it may be able to hit 62 mph in less than 2.5 seconds.

Now where it gets interesting is with the actual batetery packs.

the 100kWh pack has survived the great "non-model3 stuff purge" mid year so there's a fair chance this is actually upcoming and not some spillover. pic.twitter.com/gliPuJhrP7

— green (@greentheonly) December 20, 2019