A bunch of maniacs managed to put the powertrain, motors and battery pack, of a Tesla Model S Plaid in a Cobra kit. The result is a scary fast, and light (for an EV), EV monster.
We have seen many EV conversion kits using Tesla battery packs and motors, but a base Tesla vehicle generally has plenty of power and energy to power EV conversion kits.
Don Swadley, who we know from the Tesla-powered electric sand truck, had different ambitions.
He aimed to put an entire Tesla Model S Plaid powertrain inside a smaller, and lighter sports car. He chose a Cobra kit car.
That’s a ~100 kWh battery pack and three electric motors putting 760 kW (1,060 hp) of power inside a Cobra.
I honestly couldn’t believe you could fit that in there, but I talked to the guys at Ingenext, who made the controller for the EV conversion’s powertain, and they confirmed it.
Swadley let Revolt Systems test out the vehicle and they came out impressed. As he says, it’s probably “too much power”:
Top comment by Sorin Silaghi
This is why I love electric cars. Tesla should encourage this. They should open up and give people the information and parts they need for this kind of stuff.
It weighs about 3,300 lbs. That’s about 1,450 lbs lighter than a regular Model S Plaid, which is about 4,750 lbs.
They had to make the chassis longer to fit the entire powertrain, but this thing works… probably too well.
It’s basically the third iteration of the vehicle, but it’s the first one with a Plaid powertrain. Swadley claims that it’s the first swap EV with a Plaid powertrain and I can’t prove him wrong right now.
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