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TESLA MODEL S

Tesla Model S

At its most basic level, Tesla Model S is a simple car: an all-electric saloon. But, when it comes to show itself, it is also the fastest accelerating car as of 2017! Yes it is true. The Model S P100D variant holds the record for the fastest acceleration of any production vehicle with a NHRA rolling start to 60 mph (97 kmph) in Motor Trend tests with 2.28 seconds! But at high speeds, it loses. Ferrari’s LaFerrari and Porsche’s 918 beats Model S at high speeds. But anyways, its hell of a brutal acceleration for a full size luxury sedan.

Model S was indroduced in 2012 and is presently in production. It scored a perfect 5.0 NHTSA automobile safety rating. The Tesla Model S has ranked as the world's best-selling plug-in electric car for two years in a row, 2015 and 2016. The Model S also ranked as the top selling plug-in electric car in the U.S. for two years running, 2015 and 2016. As of December 2016, the Model S is the world's second best selling plug-in electric car in history after the Nissan Leaf. The Tesla Model S won awards including the 2013 World Green Car of the Year, 2013 Motor Trend Car of the Year, Automobile magazine's 2013 Car of the Year, Time Magazine Best 25 Inventions of the Year 2012 award and Consumer Reports top-scoring car in its road testing. In 2015, Car and Driver named the Model S the Car of the Century.

Currently, there are 5 versions of Model S available : 75, 75D, 90D, 100D, and P100D, 75 being the cheapest, 90D being the greenest and P100D being the fastest.

PERFORMANCE

The Model S exists in 5 versions, differing in energy capacity, power , and equipment. The base model uses a 362 bhp and 440 Nm motor. The Tesla Model S Performance model has a three phase, four pole AC induction 416 bhp and 600 Nm rear-mounted electric motor with copper rotor. The Model S P100D ludicrous mode is fastest here with 611 bhp which reaches from 0-100 kmph in just 2.28 seconds! This version of the Model S is notable for being the first electric vehicle to have a U.S. EPA estimated range greater than 300 miles (485 km) and for being the fastest accelerating vehicle currently in production. This version costs US$134,500.

Battery

Buyers can pick from one of four battery options, which comprise of a 60kWh and a 75kWh pack, both available in all-wheel drive and rear-wheel drive configurations. Meanwhile the 85kWh pack has been replaced with a 90kWh pack which is good for a 346 mile range, 4.2 sec 0-62mph time and 416bhp, while topping the range is the recently introduced 100kWh pack in P100D which extends the cruising range to an incredible 393 miles.

Suspension

The Model S has independent coil spring suspension on all four wheels – front double wishbone, virtual steer axis control arm and rear independent multilink.[62] As an extra-cost option, the car is available with self-leveling, height-adjustable air suspension. This is accomplished via adjustable Bilstein shock absorbers controlled by the driver. The car is meant to lower itself at highway speed and raise itself to traverse steep driveways and rough terrain, despite the low 6-inch ground clearance and rather long 116-inch wheelbase. In September 2014, Tesla upgraded the height adjustment feature for Model S cars equipped with air suspension to remember locations that require higher clearance such as those with potholes and steep driveways, and automatically adjusts to avoid them.

Auto – Pilot

From 2014, all new Tesla Model S cars came with a camera (supplied by Mobileye) mounted at the top of the windshield, forward looking radar (supplied by Bosch) in the lower grill, and ultrasonic acoustic location sensors in the front and rear bumpers that provide a 360-degree buffer zone around the car. This equipment allows Model S to detect road signs, lane markings, obstacles, and other vehicles. In addition to adaptive cruise control and lane departure warning, a US$2,500 "Tech Package" option will allow this system to enable semi-autonomous drive and parking capabilities. All Model S sold since October 2014 have the option to have Autopilot, which allows limited hands-free driving. AutoPilot-enabled cars receive software updates for the AutoPilot software wirelessly, just as all other Model S cars receive general software updates wirelessly.

Tesla Model S's Autopilot mode

INTERIOR

There are some stand-out features on the interior. The first one you’ll notice is the display in the centre console – a 17-inch touchscreen of breathtaking clarity and responsiveness. Like an extra-large iPad turned portrait, it’s used to control everything from the air conditioning to the selectable ride height of the air suspension. Truly revolutionary. Then there’s the less noticeable stuff – a flat floor to aid legroom, a second boot where you’d usually find an engine. Combinely, both both bonnet and boot space have 1795 litres of space. The instrument panel is a 12.3-inch (31 cm) liquid-crystal display electronic instrument cluster that indicates speed, power usage, charge level, estimated range and active gear, as well as Nav directions. The instrument cluster and the infotainment panel are driven by separate Nvidia Tegra 3 3D Visual Computing Modules. Tesla was the first company to ship this technology. You also get an AM/FM/DAB tuner but no CD player, and you can stream music via Bluetooth or USB.