Tesla has just created the libertine car you could buy — and it ’s all thanks to the companionship ’s new 100 kW - hr ( kWh ) battery . The Model S P100D with Ludicrous Mode is a slightly upgraded version of the Model S P90D ( with a 90 kWh battery ) that was released in March . But this unexampled edition can go 0 - to-60 clock time in just 2.5 minute .
The Model S P100D with Ludicrous Mode feature a slightly orotund stamp battery pack than previous models , and while it looks practically selfsame to former iteration , the gut of the new 100 kWh barrage have been completely retooled .
“ It ’s a complete re - do on the cool architecture , ” said Tesla CTO JB Straubel on a conference call during the announcement . “ It ’s moderately amazing we can do that without change the external size and shape of the bombardment face pack . ”
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said during the same conference call that the companionship is “ very close to the theoretical limit ” of what it can do with current battery technology . He say for future improvements , it will ask a next - contemporaries barrage electric cell that the companionship is currently develop in partnership with Panasonic .
The Model S P100D with Ludicrous mode will be $ 134,500 , and the 100 kWh battery that enable that speed will also be available in the Tesla Model X P100D with Ludicrous Mode SUV for $ 135,500 ( throw it the world ’s quickest SUV ) .
In an unprecedented move , Tesla will also allow current Tesla Model S and Model X P90D owners to kick upstairs to the 100 kWh battery for only $ 20,000 . The incurred cost will be used to recycle the old 90 kWh batteries . In short , you may make your fomite one of the loyal car in the humankind with a small $ 20,000 climb — almost in the same agency you ’d upgrade a computer .
If you ’re eager to get your hand on one of these P100D Tesla vehicles , you ’re not alone . The demand for these railway car is mellow , and Musk emphasized how severely the caller is working to meet interest from consumers . “ People do n’t appreciate how knockout manufacturing is , ” he said . “ We conceive we can do about 200 railcar a workweek . We ’re working very intemperately to ramp that up as quickly as possible . ”
“ We ’re going to work very heavily with each passing week to bring forth the highest bit of 100 kWh packs we can make , ” he added . “ It seems like it ’s not that magnanimous of an increase in energy from 90 kWh , but it just gets exponentially harder to increase the push density . ”
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