Teslas get sexed up
Now you can make your electric car that little bit racier
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Your support makes all the difference.It had to happen. Aftermarket bits for an electric car are here.
What with the Formula E racing series now being pretty well established, it could be seen as odd that so few companies have tackled the EV excitation market up to now. Perhaps the market isn’t quite ready for it yet? Maybe, deep down, EV buyers are actually rather conservative?
Well, we’re about to find out the truth now that a British company called Voltes Design has created a catalogue of aftermarket parts for the Tesla Model S.
They’re not really tuning bits. With a potential 0-60mph time of 2.8 seconds in Ludicrous mode, the Model S is not exactly needing a performance upgrade. Voltes’ bits are more what you might call cosmetic add-ons, like new front and rear bumpers, new wheels, carbon blades on the wings, sill covers, a carbon strip on the tailgate and carbon rear spoiler. Here they all are affixed to a Tesla to make what they call the Gen-SS.
Voltes plans to expand its offerings to cover the Model X when it arrives in the UK later this year and the Model 3 in 2017.
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