How Fast Is a Tesla? 0–60 and Top Speed by Model, and Which Tesla Is Fastest
Quick, in every trim, and very quick in a few. The slowest Tesla on sale, the Model Y Standard, reaches 60 mph in 6.8 seconds; the Model 3 Performance does it in 2.9 and the Cyberbeast in 2.6; the Model S Plaid, now out of production, claimed 1.99 seconds with the rollout subtracted. Top speeds are the part people forget: Tesla pegs the ordinary trims at 125 mph and only the Performance cars go past it. The Tesla in this fleet is the Cybertruck, 4.1 seconds to 60 and 112 mph flat out, and it is on its own page at $899 a day.
The table: Tesla 0–60 and top speed by model
Every figure below is Tesla’s own, as reproduced by the outlet in the last column on the date given; Tesla revises trims and numbers between model years, so the source is the thing to check the day you read this. “With rollout” means the first foot of movement is not on the clock, which is how Tesla quotes its quickest cars and how a drag strip times them.
| Tesla | Trim | 0–60 mph | Top speed | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model 3 | Standard | 5.8 s, with rollout | 125 mph | Carscoops, October 2025 |
| Model 3 | Premium AWD | 4.2 s | 125 mph | Electrek, Model 3 guide |
| Model 3 | Performance | 2.9 s | — | Electrek, April 2024 |
| Model Y | Standard RWD | 6.8 s, with rollout | 125 mph | Carscoops, October 2025 |
| Model Y | Standard AWD | 4.6 s | 125 mph | Electrek, February 2026 |
| Model Y | Premium RWD | 5.4 s (5.9 s in Electrek’s 2026 table) | 125 mph | Carscoops / Electrek |
| Model Y | Premium AWD | 4.8 s | 125 mph | Electrek, February 2026 |
| Model Y | Performance | 3.3 s | 155 mph | Electrek, September 2025 |
| Cybertruck | AWD | 4.1 s | 112 mph | Not a Tesla App, February 2026 and the spec block on the Cybertruck page |
| Cybertruck | Cyberbeast | 2.6 s, with rollout | — | Not a Tesla App |
| Model S (production ended) | AWD | 3.1 s | 130 mph | InsideEVs, 2025 |
| Model S (production ended) | Plaid | 1.99 s, Tesla’s figure with rollout subtracted | 149 mph after the 2025 refresh | The Drive, June 2025 |
| Model X (production ended) | AWD | 3.8 s | 149 mph | InsideEVs, 2025 |
| Model X (production ended) | Plaid | 2.5 s, with rollout | 163 mph | The Drive, June 2025 |
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. The flip side is the top speed: without gears to stretch the motor, Tesla caps the ordinary trims at 125 mph, and only the Performance versions carry the hardware to go past it.
What the rollout footnote means
Tesla’s headline figures for its Performance and Plaid cars come “with rollout subtracted”: the timer starts after the first foot of movement, as it does on a drag strip, which takes roughly a tenth to two tenths off a 0–60 time. The 1.99 seconds of the Model S Plaid is that kind of number, and so are the Cyberbeast’s 2.6 and the Model 3 Performance’s 2.9. Magazine tests without the rollout 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.
Which Tesla is fastest
By Tesla’s own figures, the Model S Plaid, at 1.99 seconds to 60 mph, was the fastest-accelerating car the company sold, and its top speed was the highest too, 200 mph with the paid track hardware before the 2025 refresh dropped it to 149. Behind it come the Model X Plaid at 2.5 seconds, the Cyberbeast at 2.6, and the Model 3 Performance at 2.9, which is also the fastest Tesla you can still order new now that the Model S and X are gone. Among the trims most people actually drive, the order is Model 3 Premium AWD (4.2), Model Y Standard AWD (4.6), Model Y Premium AWD (4.8), Model Y Premium RWD (5.4), Model 3 Standard (5.8) and Model Y Standard (6.8).
The Model S and Model X are finished
Tesla stopped building the Model S and Model X in the spring of 2026; Electrek reported the end of production on 1 April, with only inventory cars left and a final Signature run of the Plaid versions announced afterwards. Their figures stay in the table above because the question “how fast is a Tesla” is usually asked with a Plaid in mind, but as of this year they are the answer to a history question, not a showroom one.
The Tesla you can drive in Los Angeles
The Cybertruck. It is the one Tesla in this fleet, a dual-motor all-wheel-drive truck that reaches 60 mph in 4.1 seconds and tops out at 112 mph, which is quick for anything and absurd for a pickup that also tows. It is at $899 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 $899 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 and the top speed is the number to read twice. The Plaid was the fastest and is finished; the Model 3 Performance is the fastest you can still order; the Cybertruck, at 4.1 seconds and $899 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 $899 a day, and it reaches 60 mph in 4.1 seconds. Across the range, Tesla's own figures run from 6.8 seconds for the Model Y Standard to 2.9 for the Model 3 Performance, with the Cyberbeast at 2.6 and the discontinued Model S Plaid at 1.99 with the rollout subtracted. Top speed is 125 mph on the ordinary trims and higher only on the Performance cars.
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 with the paid track hardware before the 2025 refresh lowered the cap to 149. Production of the Model S and Model X ended in the spring of 2026, so the fastest Tesla you can still order new is the Model 3 Performance at 2.9 seconds, with the Cyberbeast a tenth ahead of it at 2.6.
What is the Tesla Model 3 0–60 time?
5.8 seconds for the Model 3 Standard, with rollout, and 125 mph flat out; 4.2 seconds for the Premium AWD; 2.9 seconds for the Model 3 Performance, the quickest car in the range you can order new. Tesla quotes the Performance figure with the rollout subtracted, the way a drag strip times a car.
How fast is the Tesla Model Y?
From 6.8 seconds to 60 mph for the Model Y Standard to 3.3 seconds for the Model Y Performance, with the Standard AWD at 4.6, the Premium RWD at 5.4 and the Premium AWD at 4.8 in between, all on Tesla's figures. Top speed is 125 mph on every trim except the Performance, which runs to 155.
How fast is the Tesla Cybertruck?
The dual-motor all-wheel-drive Cybertruck reaches 60 mph in 4.1 seconds and is limited to 112 mph; the Cyberbeast does 0–60 in 2.6 seconds with the rollout subtracted. The one in this fleet 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. Production ended in the spring of 2026 — Electrek reported it on 1 April — with inventory cars and a final Signature run of the Plaid versions closing the line. Their figures stay in the table above for the record; the Model 3, the Model Y and the Cybertruck are what Tesla sells now.