Tesla Model S Plaid.Tesla Ingenext bypassed Tesla software to help the Model S plaid hit 216 miles per hour, Electrek reported. The CEO of the tech company is the first on record to hit speeds over 200 miles per hour with the car. When Tesla initially released the EV its top speed was about 163 miles per hour. A Tesla Model S Plaid hit its fastest speed on record Thursday after a software company hacked into the vehicle's software restrictions.Guillaume André, the CEO of Ingenext, took his Model S Plaid out for a spin at the Trois-Rivières airport in Québec, Canada on Thursday morning.