The Tesla Model S drives faster and further
Tesla is lifting the Model S: Chrome has been removed from the outside, everything is new inside. The electric car starts the new model year with a minimal steering wheel and more power.
Review: The Model S started being sold in 2012. The first facelift of the large sedan followed four years later. The station wagon will be relaunched in 2021
Small details: For the facelift, Tesla is donating new wheels, new aprons and black accents instead of chrome parts. The redesign of the interior has priority
In the cockpit, the lifted Model S dispenses with the steering column switch, large ventilation nozzles and the upper half of the steering wheel. But there will be more screens and more computing power than before
As with the smaller Model 3, the large display is now installed horizontally. Underneath there is space for two smartphones and a large storage compartment
At the rear, Tesla shaped the outer rear seats more clearly and installed a display in the center console. Passengers can play computer games there
Tesla does a lot differently than most manufacturers. The electric car manufacturer from Palo Alto does not stick to the traditional model cycles that prescribe a new car every seven years. The Model S, on the market since 2012, will not be replaced by a successor for the time being. But Tesla regularly renovates technology and optics. The first facelift of the large sedan starts in 2016. Now a second follows.
Small details: For the facelift, Tesla is donating new wheels, new aprons and black accents instead of chrome parts. The redesign of the interior has priority
After almost nine years on the market, Tesla has modified the look of the Model S a little, technology and interior even more. In the cockpit, the car now dispenses with the steering column switch, large air vents and the upper half of the steering wheel. But there will be more screens and more computing power than before.
Tesla Model S (2021) with a new interior
Little changes in the appearance of the Model S after the facelift. New wheels, new aprons and black accents instead of chrome parts differentiate the new model year from the old. Tesla is primarily focused on the interior. As with the smaller Model 3, the large display is now installed horizontally. Underneath there is space for two smartphones and a large storage compartment.
In the cockpit, the lifted Model S dispenses with the steering column switch, large ventilation nozzles and the upper half of the steering wheel. But there will be more screens and more computing power than before
At the rear, Tesla shaped the outer rear seats more clearly and installed a display in the center console. Passengers can play computer games there: The manufacturer says the system’s computing power is 10 teraflops. It is as powerful as modern game consoles. With a wireless controller, every passenger can gamble in the car.
The chassis of the Model S does not change. So after the facelift it offers just as much space as before. The car is designed for four adults and loads almost 800 liters of luggage in the trunk. With detailed improvements to the aerodynamics, the drag coefficient of the Tesla Model S drops to 0.208.
Three drive variants for the Model S (2021)
Tesla is now offering the Model S in three versions. As before, the manufacturer is equipping the basic “Maximum Range” model with two motors. Strictly speaking, it has the wrong name: Tesla estimates that the all-wheel-drive car can travel 663 kilometers on one battery charge. This means that it only ranks itself in the middle within the model. The range king is another model S.
Tesla does not communicate an exact performance. But the manufacturer states that the car sprints to 100 km / h in 3.2 seconds and runs at a maximum of 250 km / h. This means that the Tesla overtakes all other vehicles in the segment in the sprint and can keep up with most of them at top speed.
As with the smaller Model 3, the large display is now installed horizontally. Underneath there is space for two smartphones and a large storage compartment
New in the range: The top models Model S Plaid and Model S Plaid +. You get a second motor on the rear axle and can distribute your power better. This should help especially in fast corners. A prototype was already on the Nürburgring-Nordschleife and is said to have achieved a record time there. Official figures are not yet known.
In the Tesla Model S Plaid, the three drives together produce 1,020 hp. With them, the sedan runs at 320 km / h and slams to 100 km / h in 2.1 seconds. Important restriction: Tesla is pulling the so-called rollout, so it only measures when the car is already moving. The real sprint at country road speed should be much slower.
The Model S Plaid + is even faster. It should (using the same measurement method) sprint to 100 km / h in less than 2.1 seconds and complete the quarter mile in just under nine seconds. On US racetracks, this requires additional safety precautions such as a roll cage and a net in front of the window. What makes the Model S Plaid + particularly interesting: Its range should be 840 kilometers. In return it gets a battery with a capacity of 130 kWh.
Model S Facelift from September 2021 in Germany
With this data, the Model S recovers all the records that other cars had set in the meantime. In terms of sprint time, range, top speed and lap times on various racetracks, the car outperforms all other electric vehicles including the Porsche Taycan. Nevertheless, the top model costs less than the hottest electric Porsche: In Germany, Tesla is calling for almost 140,000 euros. The only options: colors, rims and the autopilot (which will be available at some point).
At the rear, Tesla shaped the outer rear seats more clearly and installed a display in the center console. Passengers can play computer games there
The Model S Plaid hardly drives any slower on the road, but costs a lot less money: the configurator calls up around 117,000 euros. Tesla requires 87,000 euros for the base model. The base and plaid will come to Germany in September 2021. According to Tesla, the Model S Plaid + will follow at the end of the year.
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