Forget worrying about litres per 100 kilometres, too, as this thing talks in Watt-hours per kilometre. We saw an average of 238Wh/km or a total usage of 54.3kWh of power to travel 230km.
For these less tech-headed, the predicted range when we left the CarAdvice offices was 390km, and when we returned it was reading 120km to empty. So, over 230km of mixed driving â€" including numerous stop-start acceleration runs â€" it used about 270km of claimed range. Not bad when you consider some performance models claim 9.9L/100km and use more like 16L/100km in mixed driving.
Tesla claims the Model S P85D can run up to 491km on a fill, but buyers can increase that range by six per cent (to about 520km) by opting for the P90D model. It adds $4300, and you need to option that to also option the even more insane mode, dubbed Ludicrous mode.
Yes. It gets more insane.
The cost of that upgrade is $14,300, and it decreases the 0-100km/h by 10 per cent, to 3.0sec. It is claimed to run the quarter mile in 10.9sec. Sounds properly, stupidly insane to us.
In terms of social interaction, the Tesla Model S P85D is not for wallflowers.
People will stop you on the street, wind down their windows and ask you what the car is, and even ask if they can sit in it. In the case of co-workers, there weren’t many who didn’t want to go for a quick spin in the car.
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