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Tesla: The “D” Stands For Dual-Motor
You’ve waited for this, now here it comes: Tesla is dropping in a second electric motor up front for more power and better weight distribution in the Model S. Its name? D. Road & Track reports all...
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Tesla: Model X Delayed Until Q3 2015, D Models In High Demand
Were you hoping to have a Tesla Model X next to your Model S sometime in the next few months? How does Q3 2015 sound? CEO Elon Musk informed investors during his company’s quarterly earnings call...
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CODE BROWN! Help Review Tesla’s Model S P85D
Park Anywhere, this is a Code BROWN!!! An autojourno told me that getting a Tesla Model S P85D for evaluation is tough, even without a Death Watch series hanging over their head. Yet Tesla’s boss went...
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CODE BROWN! Range Anxiety and The 24 Hours of LeMons
Or No Go? One item that came up often on TTAC’s request for feedback on Code Brown’s review concerned its range. And while range anxiety is real for some, the P85D sports a 200+ mile range (253...
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Tesla Ownership Vignettes
We’ve owned our 2013 P85 Tesla Model S since December, putting maybe 3,000 miles on it, so I thought TTAC readers would appreciate a long-term update. Overall it’s still the grin-inducing ride that...
View ArticleConsumer Reports Rates ‘Imperfect’ Car With Perfect Score
Consumer Reports says that Tesla’s Model S P85D initially scored 103 points out of a possible 100, which initially “broke” their rating system. Consumer Reports adjusted the overall score to 100, and...
View ArticleColumnist: Consumer Reports ‘Prostituted’ Itself With Tesla Review
Wall Street Journal columnist Holman W. Jenkins (great name) slammed Consumer Reports for its glowing review and better-than-perfect score for the Tesla Model S P85D, in part, because the $127,000 car...
View ArticleTesla Expanding Referral Program, Still Probably Going To Be Messy
In a letter to Model S owners, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that its referral “experiment” had gone well and that the company would be expanding the program, according to HybridCars. Owners can refer as...
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