epa07992814 A Tesla logo is seen in a showroom in Berlin, Germany, 13 November 2019. Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced during an event in Berlin on 12 November 2019 that Tesla is building its first European factory in Gruenheide, near Berlin in Brandenburg. In Berlin, a design and development center is to be created.  EPA/FELIPE TRUEBA
A Tesla logo outside a showroom in Berlin. The Model S Plaid was Tesla's fastest production car. EPA

Delivery of Tesla Model S Plaid faces delay, Musk says


Delivery for Tesla’s Model S Plaid will be pushed back a week to June 10, chief executive Elon Musk said in a tweet.

The car “needs one more week of tweak”, Mr Musk said, explaining the delay.

The Model S Plaid, the automaker’s quickest electric vehicle to date, was scheduled to be unveiled at a June 3 delivery event for customers at its factory in Fremont, California.

Mr Musk, who also leads Space Exploration Technologies, said the car “feels like a spaceship” and that “words cannot describe the limbic resonance”. In his original tweet announcing the event, he said the Model S Plaid was the fastest production car ever, capable of going from zero to 60 miles per hour in under 2 seconds.