Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk has officially cancelled plans to produce the Model S Plaid+, a supercharged version of the upcoming Plaid version of the electric vehicle. The vehicles was supposed to be delivered to the first customers this month. Musk’s reason: Plaid is so good that another variant isn’t needed. “Model S goes...
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