For 2021, the Tesla Model S and X have been facilitated with subtle updates on the outside, a new Plaid + Model S variant that reaches 520 miles and promises a top speed of over 200 km / h and a bizarre new steering wheel. As Roadshow’s Tim Stevens points to Twitter, it’s almost like the quasi-joystick wheel used on KITT Knight Rider. Or it looks like a conventional flat-bottom three-spoke steering wheel with the upper part cut off.
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This is the kind of, uh, whimsy we expected from Tesla. In addition to being the richest man in the world, CEO Elon Musk likes sci-fi, memes and giving cars weird features, like virtual pillow cushions, a steering wheel like this is perhaps not surprising. However, it’s a strange choice to give the otherwise fairly conservative Model S such a strange wheel.
Tesla also did not defy a formal unveiling event for the updated Model S and X, but did show images of the car in slides from its Q4 earnings offering and quietly updated the configurator on its website. Photos of the presentation and configurator reveal other upgrades inside the steering wheel, including a new landscape orientation screen that allows passengers to play video games. Other changes are more subtle, such as new door knobs and window switches that look like those used in Model 3 and Y.
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Changes to the exterior are more subtle, with new wheels and revised front end. Also of interest is the Model S Plaid +, which promises a 520-mile range, a top speed of 200 mph and a 0-60 mph time of less than 1.99 seconds. The price is set at $ 140,000, and according to Tesla, delivery will begin before the end of this year. In addition, the Model X also gets its own three-engine Plaid variant, with a base price of $ 120,000, a 340-mile range and a top speed of 163 mph. Tesla claims that the Model X Plaid can hit 60 km / h in 2.5 seconds.
The base-raised Model S starts at just under $ 80,000 and offers 412 miles of range and can hit 60 km / h in 3.1 seconds. On its configurator, Tesla says that delivery of this car will begin in March. In March also arrives the ‘regular’ Model S Plaid, which is cheaper with a base price of $ 120,000 than originally announced. The new base Model X will arrive in April with a base price of just under $ 90,000 and a range of 360 miles, and the Model X Plaid will also arrive in April.
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