The charismatic founder and CEO of Tesla, Elon Musk, this week introduced a new battery for increased capacity. Result: for the first time, an electric car sees its autonomy exceed 300 miles of autonomy as standards set by the US Environmental Agency (EPA), and 600 km, depending on the standards in Europe. Autonomy is exactly 315 miles (EPA) and 613 kilometers (European standards) for the Model S, the large luxury sedan Tesla. It therefore seems plausible now to steps 400 km between charges in a real situation, that is to say, even via long stretches of highway.
120 000 euros
This new battery, with a capacity of 100 kWh, will also equip the Model X, bigger and heavier, and autonomy will be in his case respectively 289 miles and 542 kilometers, depending on different standards. These models will be sold in the United States around 135,000 dollars (120,000 euros). In addition to the rate increase, it will of course also depend on the recharge of the new battery, proportional to its capacity (+ 10% on a P90D so).
2.5 seconds from 0 to 96 km / h
Besides the ability, the power of this battery is also progressing sufficiently, according to Tesla, to go from 0 to 60 miles (96 km / h ) in just 2.5 seconds for the Model s P100D with the “Ludicrous.” An acceleration time close to the most powerful moment of hypercars like LaFerrari or the Porsche 918 Spyder, although it must be remembered that the last substantially retain the advantage over a longer acceleration distance of 400 meters or 1000 meters for example.
Background difficult for Tesla
Tesla is trying to promote its models face a wave of bad publicity about its autonomous control system. A fatal accident in the United States and other less serious in China came taint the operation of this device recently but Tesla said it would continue to equip its cars.
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