The Tesla D announced

[MacNut]

Price is a little steep

"We're able to improve everything about the car," Musk says after summoning the car's chassis from beneath the stage while thumping music flows out over a large crowd of people who have spent the past hour sipping free drinks.

For a price, the new models of the S will get a "D" on the end. It's not just a badge, but a new system that puts a motor in the front as well as the back of the vehicle. There will be three configurations: the 60D and the 85D, along with a top of the line P85D. The P85D starts going out to buyers in December, with the 60D and lower-end 85D going out in February. Musk did not talk specifics on price, but Tesla says the base price of the P85D is $120,170, a $14,600 premium as part of an options package from the standard P85 model.

"This car is nuts," Musk told an excited crowd filled with numerous Tesla owners. "It's like taking off from a carrier deck. It's bananas. It's like having your own personal roller coaster that you can use at any time."

Along with the change to the motor configuration, Tesla's added new safety features that help its S models do certain things on the road without driver intervention. It's using cameras and other sensors, something the company has been installing on all new Model S vehicles produced over the past month to conform with European safety regulations. It allows the car to look for objects — including other cars — as well as road lines. That's not a new thing in the auto industry, but an important step in getting cars to be completely autonomous, something Musk has said is still 5 to 6 years away from being a reality.

http://www.theverge.com/2014/10/9/6...-an-all-wheel-drive-car-with-eyes-on-the-road

 

[carlgo]

Astonishing performance, cheap to charge up and eventually, soon, autonomous driving will be extremely disruptive to the current transpiration system, especially when combined with electric cars and then trucks.

At some point these kinds of cars will be affordable.

 

[MICHAELSD]

Tesla has created the most perfect car ever made. Let's just get a new interior in these then there is no doubt they'd be best in class in every aspect.

The $35,000 Tesla will be a great value when they incorporate a lot of these features into it.