For The Tree Huggers...2013 Tesla Model S

Tesla's most incredible effort yet, the 17-inch touchscreen-equipped, 300-mile, all-electric, luxurious, and very stylishly penned Model S, has just hit the web with its full specs and pricing. And it's a surprisingly good deal. If, of course, it lives up to its promise.

While Tesla pulls typical green wool over the matter, deducting the $7,500 federal tax credit from the car's price off the top, even without that 15-month-later savings, the prices read very competitively in the large luxury sedan segment, especially for an electric car.

The base Model S starts at $57,400 ($49,900 after tax credits), and comes standard with the configurable 17-inch touchscreen console display, 19-inch wheels, and three charge adapters to put electrons into the 40-kWh standard battery pack.

Unfortunately, this base vehicle won't be available at launch: it's starting out with the 85 kWh battery pack, good for an estimated 300 miles, around mid-2012, following with a 60 kWh (230 miles) pack in the fall and finally the 40 kWh (160 miles) pack by the end of 2012. As you go up in range, you go up in performance, too: the base car gets to 60 mph in a claimed 6.5 seconds, the mid-ranger in 5.9 seconds, and the largest battery enables 5.6-second times

An upgrade package called Model S Performance, adds a high-performance drive inverter, exterior carbon fiber accents, and nappa leather with Alcantara accents inside, all riding on an active air suspension with sport-tuned traction control and upgraded wheels and tires. The Performance model gets to 60 mph in a scant 4.4 seconds, beating Tesla's own previous target of 4.5 seconds, and also packs the 300-mile battery pack.

All Tesla Model Ses are backed by an eight-year warranty, with the base car good up to 100,000 miles, the 60-kWh car to 125,000 miles, and all 85-kWh cars good for unlimited miles within the eight-year span.

A wide range of other options, including a panoramic glass roof, exterior colors, interior colors and materials, and more, are available.

Deliveries of the Model S begin in Fall 2012.

Tesla's other car (Roadster) is getting about half their advertised 244 mile range with their customers. They've said the primary range k!ller is the highway...with speeds over 75 severely taxing the range.

I saw a Tesla Roadster on the way home from work a little bit ago and that thing looks RAWL!

Not only does it look nice, it is quick as hell.

The dash and center console >

Other companies need to steal that

Yeah smooth styling and I save paper from not having to buy gas?

Def want one.

my brother has the roadster and I like it but its too low to the ground, the model s makes me seriously consider a purchase

Not to bad, can they make an suv version? all tho it will be less but anythings better then going to the guzzler

Call me a tree hugger then. This !! looks dope plus saving on gas >_________.

what are the battery prices and how often do you need a new one? golf carts for example need new batteries every 4 years and cost like $200-300 per cart.

damn, i thought there was only like one tesla model and that !! was like 100k

the sound of the car is amazing , its crazy to hear that new car sound seriously a step to the future .... !! gas and oil , that !! industry and k!lling people its a !!ing joke ....

Elon himself in an incredible person in our world . He invented paypal and look how its changed online purchases ? hes brought on this tesla work , which drops a big[..] !!ing hammer on every single hybrid , electric , hydrogen whatever concept ... this is the future for all of us .....


his next project is spacex , to eventually lead the way for humans to travel in space . The most intersting thing is again how he sees the progression .. "planetary travel is essential to the survival of the human race" and when you think about it , really ..... hes !!ing right ,...

sooner we move forward the sooner we unlock the future for our race and our survival as a species ... not many known species are able to cross that boundry .... and trust me space travel is still a huge hurdle ....

Elon claims we will be able to travel to mars in 15 years or so , !! virgin galaxy , that !! doesnt even take you into real space , its just a joke rollercoaster ....


I'll be buying a tesla soon , its actually somewhat affordable now , wait till it reaches the masses .... right now they are working with various car manufacturers like toyota etc to build fully electric cars run by tesla tech.... this guy is a visionary , truly we need people like this !!

I want it.