How Fast Is a Tesla? 0–60, Top Speed and Horsepower by Model
Quick in every trim, and very quick in a few: a Tesla reaches 60 mph in 6.8 seconds in the slowest Model Y and in 1.99 seconds in the Model S Plaid, and the entry trims top out at 125 mph. Horsepower is published only for the fast ones, from 528 hp in the Model 3 Performance to 1,020 hp in the Plaids. The Tesla on this site is the Cybertruck: 600 hp, 4.1 seconds to 60 and 112 mph flat out, at $699 a day.
How fast does a Tesla go from 0 to 60?
Between 1.99 and 6.8 seconds, depending on the model. The table ranks every current and recently ended Tesla by its 0–60 time, quickest first, with its top speed and horsepower beside it. Each figure is Tesla’s own, as reported by the outlet in the last column on the date given. Where Tesla gives no horsepower, the cell says so; where we could not find a top speed we could check, the cell is a dash. Tesla revises trims and figures inside a model year — the Model 3 and Model Y both changed in October 2026 — so the date beside each row is the thing to read.
| Tesla, trim | 0–60 mph | Top speed | Horsepower | Model year, source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model S Plaid (production ended) | 1.99 s, rollout subtracted | 149 mph on 19-in wheels; 200 mph only with the updated Track Pack | 1,020 hp | 2026 · InsideEVs, Not a Tesla App, June 2025, InsideEVs (hp) |
| Model X Plaid (production ended) | 2.5 s | 149–163 mph, by wheel | 1,020 hp | 2026 · InsideEVs, Not a Tesla App, June 2025 |
| Cybertruck Cyberbeast | 2.6 s | 130 mph | 845 hp | 2024 launch figures · InsideEVs, November 2023 |
| Model 3 Performance | 2.9 s | 163 mph (2024 launch figure) | 528 hp (510 hp at launch) | 2026 · Electrek, October 2026, InsideEVs, April 2024 |
| Model S AWD (production ended) | 3.1 s | 130–149 mph, by wheel | not published | 2024 figure · InsideEVs, Not a Tesla App |
| Model Y Performance | 3.3 s at its US launch (3.5 s in Electrek’s February 2026 table) | 155 mph | not published for the US car | 2026 · InsideEVs, October 2025, Electrek |
| Model 3 Premium AWD | 3.8 s | — | not published | 2026 · Electrek, October 2026 |
| Model X AWD (production ended) | 3.8 s | 149–155 mph, by wheel | not published | 2024 figure · InsideEVs, Not a Tesla App |
| Cybertruck AWD, dual motor | 4.1 s | 112 mph | 600 hp | 2024 launch figures · InsideEVs and the spec block on the Cybertruck page |
| Model Y Premium AWD | 4.3 s | — | not published | 2026 · Not a Tesla App, October 2026 |
| Model Y Standard AWD | 4.6 s | — | not published | 2026 · Electrek, February 2026 |
| Model 3 Premium RWD | 4.9 s | — | not published | 2026 · Electrek, October 2026 |
| Model 3 Standard | 5.8 s, with rollout | 125 mph | not published | 2026 · Carscoops, October 2025 |
| Model Y Premium RWD | 5.9 s (5.4 s in October 2025) | 125 mph | not published | 2026 · Electrek, Carscoops |
| Model Y Standard | 6.8 s, with rollout | 125 mph | not published | 2026 · Carscoops, October 2025 |
Read down the list and the shape of the range is plain. The trims most people drive — the Model 3 and Model Y in Standard and Premium form — run from 3.8 to 6.8 seconds. The Performance cars sit around three seconds. Only the Plaids and the Cyberbeast go under it, and two of those three are no longer built.
How much horsepower does a Tesla have?
Between 528 and 1,020 hp for the models Tesla gives a figure for, and no published figure at all for the rest. Tesla prints horsepower for its fastest cars and leaves it off the others. The Model S Plaid and Model X Plaid share a 1,020-horsepower tri-motor drivetrain. The Cyberbeast has 845 hp and the dual-motor Cybertruck 600 hp, both Tesla’s figures from the truck’s launch in November 2023. The Model 3 Performance was launched in April 2024 at 510 hp, and Tesla put it at 528 hp after the October 2026 update, as Electrek reported it.
For the Model 3 and Model Y in their Standard and Premium trims, and for the US Model Y Performance, Tesla publishes acceleration and range but no horsepower. The EPA’s fuel-economy listing does not fill the gap: it rates each motor separately, in kilowatts — 88 kW and 208 kW for the 2026 Model 3 Premium AWD — rather than giving one figure for the car. Any single horsepower number you see quoted for those trims is somebody’s estimate or dyno reading, not Tesla’s, and it is left out of the table for that reason.
Horsepower also matters less in an electric car than it does in a petrol one. Peak power is what decides the top end; what decides 0–60 is how much of the power reaches the road from a standstill, and that is where an electric motor has the advantage, as the next section explains.
Why an electric car is quick off the line
Two things, and neither is the battery. An electric motor makes its full torque from a standstill, so there is no waiting for revs the way a petrol engine waits for its turbo or its cam; the shove is there the instant the pedal moves. And a Tesla has one gear. There is no clutch, no shift and no pause, so the acceleration curve is one unbroken line from rest to the speed limit, which is why a 5.8-second Model 3 Standard feels faster in traffic than a petrol car with the same number on paper.
What the rollout footnote means
Tesla’s headline figures for its quickest cars come “with rollout subtracted”: the timer starts after the first foot of movement, as it does on a drag strip, which flatters the time a little. InsideEVs, which keeps a chart of electric cars by 0–60, notes that performance models are often quoted with that foot of rollout taken off, and marks the Plaid’s 1.99 seconds as one of them; Carscoops reports the 5.8 and 6.8 seconds of the Standard trims as figures “with rollout” too. Magazine tests that start the clock at rest read a little slower. Neither is wrong; they are two rulers, and a comparison only works when both cars are measured with the same one.
What is the fastest Tesla?
The Model S Plaid. Tesla quoted 1.99 seconds to 60 mph with the rollout subtracted and, at its launch in 2021, a top speed of 200 mph. After the June 2025 refresh the Plaid on its standard 19-inch wheels was limited to 149 mph, and the 200 mph figure came back only on 21-inch wheels with an updated Track Pack that Tesla had not yet put on sale. Behind it come the Model X Plaid at 2.5 seconds, the Cyberbeast at 2.6 and the Model 3 Performance at 2.9.
With the Model S and Model X out of production, the quickest Tesla still in the configurator is the Cyberbeast, and the quickest Tesla car rather than truck is the Model 3 Performance. Among the trims most people actually drive, the order is Model 3 Premium AWD (3.8), Model Y Premium AWD (4.3), Model Y Standard AWD (4.6), Model 3 Premium RWD (4.9), Model 3 Standard (5.8), Model Y Premium RWD (5.9) and Model Y Standard (6.8).
Tesla top speed by model
How fast can a Tesla go? 125 mph for the Standard trims and the Model Y Premium RWD, which is the cap on Tesla’s entry trims. The Performance versions go further: 155 mph for the Model Y Performance and 163 mph for the Model 3 Performance, the figure Tesla gave at its 2024 launch. The Cybertruck tops out at 112 mph in dual-motor form and 130 mph as the Cyberbeast.
On the Model S and Model X the answer depends on the wheels. In the last versions Tesla built, Not a Tesla App’s table of the June 2025 refresh gives the Model S 130 mph on 19-inch wheels and 149 mph on 21s, the Model S Plaid 149 mph and, with the updated Track Pack on 21s, 200 mph; the Model X runs to 149 mph on 20-inch wheels and 155 on 22s, the Model X Plaid to 149 and 163. A single fixed gear is why the ceiling is a choice rather than a limit of the engine: the motor spins in proportion to the wheels all the way up, and Tesla decides where to stop it.
How fast is the Cybertruck? The Cyberbeast and the dual-motor truck
Two answers, one per trim. At the truck’s launch in November 2023 Tesla gave the three-motor Cyberbeast 845 hp, 2.6 seconds to 60 mph and 130 mph, and the dual-motor all-wheel-drive Cybertruck 600 hp, 4.1 seconds and 112 mph. The Cybertruck seats five and is rated to tow up to 11,000 lb, which makes a four-second pickup a stranger and more entertaining thing than any number in the table suggests.
It also has an end date now. On 6 November 2026 Elon Musk said Tesla would be winding down Cybertruck production at Gigafactory Texas around the middle of 2027, which makes the most recognisable shape on the road a Tesla with a closing date, like the S and the X before it.
Does Tesla still make the Model S and Model X?
No. Musk flagged the end of both on Tesla’s fourth-quarter earnings call in January 2026, and on 1 April Electrek reported that production was over: custom orders had closed, about 600 cars were left in inventory, and the Fremont line was being converted to build Optimus robots. A last invite-only Signature Series of the Plaids followed: 250 Model S and 100 Model X. Their figures stay in the table because the question “how fast is a Tesla” is usually asked with a Plaid in mind, but as of this year they answer a history question, not a showroom one.
Drive the Tesla Cybertruck in Los Angeles
The Cybertruck on this site is the dual-motor all-wheel-drive truck: 600 hp, 4.1 seconds to 60 mph and 112 mph flat out, which is quick for anything and absurd for a pickup that also tows. It is at $699 a day on the Cybertruck page, delivered to your hotel or door with the calendar live on the page, and every Tesla-related question about the fleet is answered on the Tesla page. The saloons and the crossovers in the table are here for the figures; the truck is here for the keys.
What it costs, and how it reaches you
The Cybertruck is $699 a day, on a refundable deposit that is held rather than charged and returned after the car comes back; the Protection plan is priced per day off its deposit band, and your own qualifying policy works instead. Collection from our lot on Robertson Boulevard is free, delivery to the partner hotels in Beverly Hills is complimentary, and any other address is quoted with the car before you pay. Under twenty-five there is a young-driver fee per day. Mileage, fuel and the rest are in the terms.
The short version
Every Tesla is quick: 6.8 seconds to 60 at the slow end, 1.99 at the fast one, and 125 mph flat out in the entry trims. Horsepower is published only for the fast cars, 528 to 1,020 hp. The Plaid was the fastest and is finished; the Cyberbeast is the quickest Tesla still built. The dual-motor Cybertruck, 600 hp, 4.1 seconds and $699 a day, is the one on this street with a calendar.
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Frequently asked questions
How fast is a Tesla?
Nizo Luxury rents the Tesla Cybertruck in Los Angeles — +1 (424) 303-6496 — at $699 a day. From 6.8 seconds to 60 mph in the Model Y Standard to 1.99 seconds in the Model S Plaid, on Tesla's own figures; the everyday trims of the Model 3 and Model Y sit between 3.8 and 6.8 seconds, and the entry trims top out at 125 mph. Nizo Luxury rents the Tesla Cybertruck in Los Angeles — +1 (424) 303-6496 — at $699 a day, and it reaches 60 mph in 4.1 seconds.
How fast can a Tesla go?
125 mph in the Standard trims and the Model Y Premium RWD. The Model Y Performance runs to 155 mph and the Model 3 Performance to 163 mph, the figure Tesla gave at its 2024 launch. The Cybertruck tops out at 112 mph, the Cyberbeast at 130. The Model S Plaid was the fastest of all: 200 mph at launch, and after the 2025 refresh 149 mph on its standard wheels, with 200 only on 21-inch wheels and an updated Track Pack.
How much horsepower does a Tesla have?
Tesla publishes horsepower only for its fastest models: 1,020 hp for the Model S Plaid and Model X Plaid, 845 hp for the Cyberbeast, 600 hp for the dual-motor Cybertruck and 528 hp for the Model 3 Performance after its October 2026 update (510 hp at its 2024 launch). For the Standard and Premium Model 3 and Model Y, Tesla gives acceleration and range but no horsepower figure, and the EPA listing rates each motor separately in kilowatts rather than giving one number for the car.
What is the fastest Tesla?
The Model S Plaid, by Tesla's figures: 1.99 seconds to 60 mph with the rollout subtracted and 200 mph at its launch. Production of the Model S and Model X ended in the spring of 2026, so the quickest Tesla still in the configurator is the Cyberbeast at 2.6 seconds, and the quickest Tesla car is the Model 3 Performance at 2.9.
What is the 0–60 of a Tesla Model 3?
5.8 seconds for the Model 3 Standard, with rollout, and 4.9 seconds for the Premium RWD. The Premium AWD does it in 3.8 seconds after the October 2026 update, down from 4.2, and the Model 3 Performance in 2.9 seconds. All four are Tesla's figures as Carscoops and Electrek reported them.
What is the 0–60 of a Tesla Model Y?
6.8 seconds for the Model Y Standard, with rollout; 5.9 seconds for the Premium RWD in Electrek's February 2026 table; 4.6 seconds for the Standard AWD; 4.3 seconds for the Premium AWD after the October 2026 update; and 3.3 seconds for the Model Y Performance at its US launch, listed at 3.5 in Electrek's February table. Top speed is 125 mph on the ordinary trims and 155 mph on the Performance.
How fast is the Tesla Cybertruck?
The dual-motor all-wheel-drive Cybertruck reaches 60 mph in 4.1 seconds, makes 600 hp and is limited to 112 mph; the three-motor Cyberbeast does 0–60 in 2.6 seconds with 845 hp and 130 mph. Both seat five. The one on this site is the dual-motor truck, and the 4.1-second figure is the one in its spec block.
Does Tesla still make the Model S and Model X?
No. Electrek reported on 1 April 2026 that production was over, with about 600 cars left in inventory, and a final invite-only Signature Series of 250 Model S Plaid and 100 Model X Plaid followed. Their figures stay in the table for the record; the Model 3, the Model Y and the Cybertruck are what Tesla builds now, and Musk has said Cybertruck production will wind down around the middle of 2027.