Tesla has considered a tri-motor Model 3 internally, but it probably won't become the next Plaid model.
Lars Moravy says Tesla’s best performance hardware is currently being aimed at the Roadster.
A Model 3 Plaid would need more than just extra power, like major brake and cooling upgrades.
With the Model S and Model X now retired, one obvious question hangs over Tesla’s performance lineup: where does Plaid go next? The Model S Plaid was the car that turned Tesla’s already quick luxury sedan into something absurdly quick, using a tri-motor powertrain to deliver acceleration that is still almost unbeatable nearly five years later—it’s faster than the new four-motor Ferrari Luce, for instance.
But Tesla no longer offers a Plaid model and hasn’t announced plans to introduce one. However, during an appearance on the Ride The Lightning podcast, Tesla’s engineering boss Lars Moravy revealed that he thinks about putting the Plaid powertrain into a Model 3 “all the time.”
