If you ’re a fan of pushing the design envelope and evolving a brand ’s visual DNA , you ’re going to like this . If , on the other script , you wereon the fencing about the Model 3 ’s controversial grille - less nozzle , you might desire to turn aside now .
Tesla just released an update to the Model S. In automotive - speak , this is what ’s predict a facelift , an injectant of life into the car aimed at maintain it impertinent until the next generation comes out in a few class . This one ’s get some obvious changes to the skin , and some less obvious , but still pretty relevant , change lurking beneath the surface . permit ’s go ahead and call it what it is : the Model S , Version 2.0 .
The bottom line ? It ’s gone up in damage by a bit , starting at $ 71,500 , but you ’re also getting a middling amount of new outfit .
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The grille is gone
This should n’t really come as a surprise to anyone , considering the front of the retool Model S now more intimately reflects the Model X , and yes , the Model 3 . While not everyone is ready to accept cars without a grill – nevermind that most rear - engined railway car like VW Beetles and Porsches have gone grille - less for decades – this is Tesla ’s strongest design move yet .
It ’s part of Tesla revising its corporate design DNA , and makes all of its vehicles more instantly recognizable as a Tesla , even if you ’re not the most keen observer of automotive design .
Also fresh : adaptive light-emitting diode headlights . That might notsoundlike such a huge mass , but given that the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety ( IIHS ) justlambasted the industry as a wholefor poor headlight efficiency , Tesla ’s timing could n’t be safe .
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You’re also safe from chemical warfare now
Sorta . The Model S now has a HEPA air filter as standard . The air filtration system first debut on the Model X , as what Tesla call the Bioweapon Defense Mode – which is plainly marketing jibberish , but does licitly lead in cleaner strain inside the cabin . The company claims it will murder very virtually 100 % of pollen and pollutant from the air .
And with your eyes less weak from leaping annual rape on your resistant organisation , you ’ll have a better view of the two new wooden dashboard trimming .
There’s a lot more rumored to be on the way
Rumors have whirlpool for a while now that there ’s a P100D in the whole kit and caboodle . believe of it this way : if the P70 is agile , and the P90D offers neck - snapping ability in Ludicrous way , then the P100D ( if it actually come to fruition ) should come with Optometrist manner , for its retina - detach abilities .
The new configurator is live on the site now , sogo ahead and check it out .
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Aaron Milleris theCarseditor for Thrillist , and can befound on Twitter . He ’s start to come around on Tesla ’s revise front last .
