Comment by SEJeff

from an archive of the “Three dog day” Tesla blog post that’s now deleted. Took me a few to dig up, but I wanted the primary source for you.

https://archive.is/Q7FFk

“”” That was combined with upgrading the main pack contactor to use inconel (a high temperature space-grade superalloy) instead of steel, so that it remains springy under the heat of heavy current. The net result is that we can safely increase the max pack output from 1300 to 1500 Amps. What this results in is a 10% improvement in the 0 to 60 mph time to 2.8 secs and a quarter mile time of 10.9 secs. Time to 155 mph is improved even more, resulting in a 20% reduction. “””