Tesla Model S Versions: What Are Your Different Options?Tesla Model S Versions: What Are Your Different Options?

Tesla Motors currently sells just one car: the Model S sedan.
But that electric car is available in a wide array of configurations, a list that grew considerably larger Friday with the announcement of new options.
Those are a new 90-kilowatt-hour battery pack, and a “Ludicrous” mode that surpasses the previous “Insane” mode on “P” performance models.
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That means there are now eight combinations of battery pack, drive, and performance for a brand-new Model S ordered today.
Here’s a cheat sheet.
There are three basic models–70, 85, and P85D–whose numbers reflect battery-pack size.
Tesla Model S P85D, 2015 Detroit Auto Show
Then there is the dual-motor all-wheel drive system, standard on the P85D and a $5,000 option on the 70 and 85. When equipped with AWD, those models are referred to as 70D and 85D.
In addition, 85-kWh models can be upgraded to the 90-kWh pack for $3,000.
Finally, the P90D performance model can get the “Ludicrous” mode for an extra $10,000. Both it and hte P85D come with the “Insane” mode as standard.
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At $70,000 before incentives, the least-expensive Model S is the rear-wheel drive 70, which has 315 horsepower.
That will get it from 0 to 60 mph in 5.5 seconds and to a top speed of 140 mph, while the 70-kWh battery pack provides 230 miles of range.
Its all-wheel drive 70D counterpart gets a bump in power to 328 hp, and in price, to $75,000.
2015 Tesla Model S 70D, Apr 2015 [photo: David Noland]
This helps drop the 0 to 60 mph time to 5.2 seconds, while range increases to 240 miles. Top speed remains 140 mph.
Upgrading to the $80,000 Model S 85 nets 373 hp, and a 265-mile range.
This model will do 0 to 60 mph in 5.4 seconds, with the same 140-mph top speed as the 70-kWh versions.
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At $85,000, the all-wheel drive Model S 85D gets 417 hp and a five-mile range bump over the rear-wheel drive 85.
Add a “P” to that and you get the P85D–with 691 hp, 0 to 60 in 3.1 seconds, a top speed of 155 mph, and a range of 253 miles, all for $105,000.
Introduced along with the other all-wheel drive “D” models last fall, the P85D had been Tesla’s top performer until Friday.
Tesla Model S P85D, 2015 Detroit Auto Show
Its drag race victories over everything from muscle cars to supercars have become an Internet sensation.
With the new “Ludicrous” mode, though, things get a little more extreme.
The upgrade allows for a 0 to 60 mph time of just 2.8 seconds, and a quarter-mile time of 10.9 seconds.
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Then there’s the new 90-kWh battery pack, which creates three new models–the 90, 90D, and P90D.
Power output and performance figures should be the same as comparable 85-kWh versions, but Tesla expects a 6 to 7 percent increase in EPA-rated range.
The longest-range model will likely be the 90D–the non-performance, all-wheel drive version.
With these longer-range models available, it seems possible that the 85-kWh versions will eventually be withdrawn, once stocks of that old lithium-ion cell are depleted.
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