Tesla has unveiled its long-awaited refresh of its Model S sedan in its annual financial offering for 2020. The car has a new front panel, but the biggest changes are on the inside, where a yoke-style wheel and a landscape-oriented Model-3 touchscreen are the most radical changes in the model.
The new Model S steering wheel looks a lot like the unveiling for the new Tesla Roadster, with just a few more buttons making the Model S’s version a little more functional – but only slightly. It feels cool to sit behind a steering wheel that looks like it’s from an airplane, but members of The Drives staff who managed replicas of KITT from the eighties show Knight Rider says it’s really annoying to use a juxtaposition wheel in a car.
Yokes work in an airplane because you do not have to turn it so much. Unless there is an extremely short handlebar in the new Model S – which is questionable in a production car – which makes this car spin in tight turns, parking spaces or other situations where you have to go full scale will be more frustrating than it would be with a traditional round wheel. The reason? There is no good place to grab the top of the yoke.
Tesla also tossed the stems on the Model S ‘steering column and shifted the key functions for the lights and flashers on the wheel. Something that is conspicuously missing in what we can see in photos is the windshield wiper symbol. Here’s the hope that Tesla has made the windshield wiper settings easier to control than it was on Model 3, as a German Model 3 owner suspended his driver’s license last year for running off the road while adjusting his windshield wipers.
While the Model S Refreshment replaced the long screen with a Model 3-like landscape screen, the interior did not fill up. Model 3. There is still a smaller screen in the traditional measuring spot in front of the driver for the most important information of the car. .
According to the recently updated Model S order sheet, the new center touch screen has a resolution of 2200 x 1300 and tilts left-right. A third screen at the rear of the rear center console of the car contains controls and entertainment options for the rear passengers.
Both central screens are ready for play with up to 10 teraflops of processing power, compatibility with wireless game controllers and access to the Tesla Arcade. The Model S also features a 960-watt audio system with 22 speakers and an active sound suppression for the car’s microphones for calls or voice control.
The simplified Model S interior no longer has visible ventilation openings for climate control, and all the airflow and temperature controls have been moved on the touchscreens.
Another cool feature of the Model S is the standard full glass roof that opens the interior to the outside world. Tesla says the roof will block infrared and UV light to reduce heat and glare during the hottest part of the day. It’s also not as extreme as the dramatic windshield of the Model X, as you still have a beam over the front of the driver’s head with sunshades and the other usual equipment.
Model X also gets a refresh, though Tesla CEO Eles Musk has not given a timeline as to when the refreshing versions will make it into their customers’ hands today. According to The edge, the refreshed Model X gets a similar propulsion and interior update as the Model S with the same landscape touch screen on the front, rear center console touch screen and yes, the cursed yoke style wheel.
Meanwhile, those waiting for the Cybertruck will have to wait a little longer, as Musk said production of Cybertruck will now begin in 2022.
In today’s call, Musk confirmed that the refreshed Model S sedan is already in production and that delivery is expected to begin in February. This February release date features the more powerful three-engine Model S Plaid models that can move from 0-60 in less than 2 seconds and a top speed of 200 mph. The Model S Plaid + adds more range to the staggering 0-60 times and bumps the Plaid’s 390-mile range to a whopping 520 miles. Unless a new entrant to the series wars appears, the Model S Plaid will have the longest range range of any electric vehicle.
Per The edge, Tesla claims that updating the propulsion system and adding a new heat pump originally developed, or the Model Y enables the new Model S Plaid and Model S Plaid + to do five times as many miles of the Model Six which preceded it. .
Meanwhile, the regular, twin-engine Model S Long Range – now the base model in the Model S series – has risen in price from $ 69,420 to $ 79,990 on the configurator. So much for pricing the Lucid Air’s price. The Plaid starts at $ 119,900 and the Plaid + starts at $ 139,990.