Took an Tesla S for a test drive yesterday. I'd asked about it last year and out of the blue they gave me a call. It never hurts to try right? Outside of the politics or environmental considerations it's a very nice car to drive, wicked fast, 0-60 in like 4 sec. AWD with loads of grip, they send you out with a co-pilot so you can't really open it up but he did encourage me to give it some go and it sure did. Ride is not a Mercedes, more like my Jetta, tight but not harsh. I dislike that all the environmental controls are onscreen which requires you to take your eyes off the road but that's compensated by the auto-pilot which is astonishing. I never took my hands off the wheel but it did a perfect job in pretty busy traffic. The regenative braking is quit aggressive, a bit like riding the brake as you come off the accelerator which means you rarely need the brakes in normal driving. I imagine the brakes will last a long time... The battery on the long range unit I tested is supposed to be good for more than 300 miles, in very cold or hot conditions that would decrease. While driving the range finder seemed pretty accurate. Normal (220v) chargers are supposed to add 40-60 miles per hour of charge. We played with the price calculator and came up with $98,000 after taxes, etc or roughly 10x the price of my Jetta which admittedly was used. I'm obviously not buying one but I get what people see in them...
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