{"id":153260,"date":"2020-09-23T01:12:37","date_gmt":"2020-09-23T05:12:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thedetroitbureau.com\/?p=153260"},"modified":"2020-09-23T01:15:18","modified_gmt":"2020-09-23T05:15:18","slug":"teslas-new-model-s-plaid-may-make-you-see-green","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/2020\/09\/teslas-new-model-s-plaid-may-make-you-see-green\/","title":{"rendered":"Tesla’s New Model S Plaid May Make You See Green"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It was Battery Day, but revealing that the Tesla Model S Plaid was now available nearly stole the show.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tesla Inc.\u2019s long-awaited Battery Day was supposed to unveil some stunning news, and it did, but not necessarily about the company\u2019s battery technologies.<\/p>\n

Instead it\u2019s product news that nearly stole headlines, starting with the company\u2019s new Model S offering: Plaid. CEO Elon Musk showed he wasn\u2019t content to sit on the sidelines after the recent of introduction of the Lucid Air essentially put \u201cBaby in the corner\u201d with a 500-mile-plus range and stunning track times.<\/p>\n

The new Plaid version of the sedan races from 0 to 60 mph in less than 2 seconds while sprinting the quarter mile in just 9 seconds \u2014 both besting Lucid\u2019s public times for the Air \u2013 and with a range of at least 520 miles. Yup. It\u2019s pricey, starting at $134,000, and it can be ordered now with delivery, according to the website in \u201clate 2021.\u201d<\/p>\n

(Tesla speaking truth about its power today at Battery Day.)<\/u><\/i><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Musk also noted the Plaid\u2019s performance at Laguna Seca, which it scorched in a time of 1:30.3 and it could be about \u201c3 seconds lower,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the company plans to build a $25,000 electric vehicle.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re confident the Model S Plaid will achieve the best track time of any production vehicle ever, of any kind\u00a0\u2014 two door or otherwise,\u201d Musk bragged.<\/p>\n

In addition to the omygoshitsfast new Model S, he revealed that the company is moving toward an as-yet-named $25,000 car. He noted that the company is \u201cconfident\u201d it can design and manufacture a \u201ccompelling $25,000 electric vehicle so, you know, this has always been my dream from the beginning of the company.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also added that the new $25K EV would be autonomous and it would cost less to operate and maintain tha a gas- or diesel-powered for the same price. \u201cSo actually, it becomes even more affordable at that $25,000 price point,\u201d pointed out Drew Baglino, senior vice president, Powertrain and Energy Engineering.<\/p>\n

(Tesla stock craters overnight,\u00a0rebound uncertain.)<\/u><\/i><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Additionally, Musk revealed that the company will build two version of the Cybertruck. He said the company had at least 600,000 pre-orders for the uniquely designed pickup truck, which is slated to be built at its future Gigafactory Texas, just outside of Austin, Texas.<\/p>\n

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Tesla’s Cybertruck will be built in two sizes, the smaller being an offering for international markets.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThe orders are gigantic,\u201d he said. \u201cBasically we\u2019ve stopped counting.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said the company could produce between 250,000 and 300,000 annually to meet demand. He also noted that while the company wanted to try to build one version that could be sold globally, but the specs for the U.S. truck and mandates for global requirements \u201cbasically you can\u2019t make this truck, it\u2019s impossible.\u201d The U.S version will be slightly larger than its international counterpart, which he described as a \u201ctight Wolverine package.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also noted that the company will begin rolling out the full version Autopilot within the next two months, noting that the technology has improved dramatically. Musk said he\u2019d been testing the \u201cleading edge Alpha version\u201d of the technology for months, and he realized that it needed to be completely \u201crewritten.\u201d The new version uses 3D video to help with its labeling, making it 10 times more accurate than previous versions.<\/p>\n

(Tesla raising $5 billion by selling stock after 5-for-1 split.)<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt took us quite a while,\u201d he said, adding later that \u201cyou can think about cars as laptops on wheels,\u201d in the sense that they are more technology than the machines of the past.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tesla Inc.\u2019s long-awaited Battery Day was supposed to unveil some stunning news, and it did, but not necessarily about the company\u2019s battery technologies. Instead it\u2019s product news that nearly stole headlines, starting with the company\u2019s new Model S offering: Plaid. Get details at TheDetroitBureau.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4389,"featured_media":153258,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,8,5,10,12,9],"tags":[],"make":[110],"post-state":[],"category_old":[118,286,150,123,287,319,142,289,299,169,132,284,125,124,137,139,148,128,291,207,278,288],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153260"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4389"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153260"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153260\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/153258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153260"},{"taxonomy":"make","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/make?post=153260"},{"taxonomy":"post-state","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post-state?post=153260"},{"taxonomy":"category_old","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/category_old?post=153260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}