New Tesla Model S Premium Electric Sedan Images

The new Tesla Model S is literally shaping up to be electrifyingly beautiful. Touted as the first and only premium electric sedan, the all-new Tesla Model S combines Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s dream and company’s engineering experience from the popular Tesla Roadster electric car. Recently the Tesla website was updated with new images of the upcoming Tesla Model S in its production skin. We have a few of the images to share with you below. Enjoy!

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Tesla Updates Us On The Model S

Remember the Tesla Model S? The uber-sexy sedan that was going to be the first four door EV we all lusted after? Tesla wants to remind us that the project is moving along, even if it isn’t front and center in the news on a daily basis. The car is currently in Alpha testing, which means that engineers are flogging the snot out of prototypes to see what breaks and what doesn’t. Later this year, Tesla will move to Beta testing, where more Tesla employees and industry insiders are tossed a set of Model S keys, with the instructions to “tell us what works and what doesn’t”. If everything progresses as planned (which almost never happens), Tesla Model S deliveries in the United States will begin mid-year 2012. Read more

Tesla’s Model S Alpha Road Test Video

Just when I was getting ready to question if Tesla’s Model S sedan would ever see the light of day, the company has released video of an Alpha test mule racking up miles on the back roads of California. I’ve got a background in product development, so I completely understand the importance of Alpha testing something: the goal is to take a product that’s 75% complete, then use it until it breaks and figure out what needs improving. If Alpha testing sorts out most of the bugs, the next step is Beta testing, which usually involves more than just engineers (in some cases, potential customers get access to pre-production hardware). Assuming the Beta test goes well, the next real milestone is usually production of a final build candidate. That said, in twenty years of hardware and software product development, I’ve yet to see an Alpha or Beta test go smoothly. Video below. Read more

Tesla Model S – It’s Alive! Official Images

Okay, here it is. As promised, a few official images of the Tesla Model S plug-in electric sedan.

What is your opinion on the styling? Oh, you want to know my opinion first? Looks like a Maserati Quattroporte, Mazda RX-8, Jaguar XF and Infiniti G37 all had a child together only this one was born without a tail pipe. Go figure!

Enjoy the images below after the jump.

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Tesla Model S Images Leaked Just Before Today’s Official Unveiling

Tesla plans on unveiling the highly anticipated Model S plug-in electric sedan today. Kevin Rose, the creator and master-mind of Digg.com, had a few images posted on flicker of the new Tesla Model S fully revealed from the rear and side along with an (obvious pre-production or pre-finish) interior shot. Are these official exterior images? Sure, they are official until we get the “official” images later today after the reports of the “official” unveiling happens. Until then, bookmark or favorite AutomotiveAddicts.com now and come back shortly and we should have several images of the new plug-in sedan that is expected to cost $57,000 with a $7500 tax credit (for driving a plug-in electric vehicle).

President Obama is going to love this car… Al Gore too!

  

Tesla Model S Uncovered Images – Sort Of

The guys at Autopia have a great imagination just as other gear-heads who post off-the-wall automotive stuff online. A new rendering of the Tesla S has taken it to a new level. They have rendered what the Tesla S may actually look like found in their post, “Behold the Tesla Model S“.

They basically took a combination of a few teaser images that have already been circulating over the internet on various automotive sites and automotive blogs. If you ask me, it looks pretty convincing and I am willing to bet the actual Tesla Model S to look very similar to the photoshop job below. Can we call it a photoshop job? Is that still the correct lingo?

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The Stig Gets Electrified: Top Gear Tests The Tesla Roadster

Literally Electrifying! The Tesla Roadster is fast. Clarkson soon finds this out when he goes up against a Lotus Elise. The Stig gets his hands on this electrifying vehicle around the test course to see what it can really do. With only one gear and a top speed of 125 it does not seem all that stunning. But, don’t count your eggs too short yet, the Tesla Roadster will do 0-60 in 3.9 seconds. How does it do this? Electric motors have torque my friend… lots of it and it is instant!

I won’t take up any more of your time because I want you to watch this video below after the jump of the Tesla Roadster tested on Top Gear.

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