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Here's how Tesla's cars have changed over the years
Tesla will unveil its much-awaited Model 3 Thursday night.
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At a cost of $35,000, Tesla's Model 3 is meant to garner mass appeal in the electric car market. But before we see the car that could beat out all other electric cars, we wanted to take a look back at Tesla's first cars throughout the years.
Here's how Tesla's cars have changed:
The Roadster boasted a range of 245 miles and could accelerate from 0 to 60 miles per hour in just 3.7 seconds. Its base price in 2008 was $98,000, according to Car and Driver.
Tesla sold more than 2,400 Roadsters across 30 countries, the company wrote on its webpage.
The car could accelerate from 0 to 60 miles per hour in five seconds and had a range of 265 miles per charge. It was named Motor Trend’s 2013 Car of the Year.
But the car was pricey at $106,900 before federal tax exemptions.
It was also the first time Tesla made autopilot standard on every car. The car came in three versions — the 60D, 85D and the top-of-the-line P85D. Above you see the P85D.
The P85D could reach a top speed of 155 miles per hour and could accelerate to 60 miles per hour in 3.2 seconds, outperforming the McLaren F1 supercar, Tesla wrote on its blog at the time.
The P85D had a range of about 285 miles and cost $71,200 MSRP, according to Car and Driver. But that model was discontinued in February.
The P90D can go from 0 to 60 miles per hour in just 2.8 seconds while driving in ludicrous mode. And people went bananas for the new feature. It also has a range of 253 miles and can reach a top speed of 155 miles per hour.
The Model S starts at around $70,000.
Like the Model S, the Model X comes in three different versions starting at $132,000. Its highest performance version, the P90D, has a range of 250 miles. It can reach 60 miles per hour in 3.2 seconds in ludicrous mode and has a top speed of 155 miles per hour.
So many people reserved the Model X that its delivery was pushed back from early 2016 to the second half of 2016.
The software update offers safety features like automatic braking, lane switching, and blind spot warnings. The cars can also autosteer without a center divider, self-parallel park, and manage speed using traffic aware cruise control.
Perhaps the coolest feature of the new update was giving drivers the power to summon their cars at the click of a button — it's like a personal, robotic valet. The Autopilot package was an extra $2,500.
A recent leak notes a version of the car, most likely in the $50,000 to $60,000 range, will offer a range that exceeds 300 miles and the Autopilot capabilities we mentioned before. The leak also notes it can accelerate from 0 to 60 miles per hour in under four seconds.
But we'll have to wait to hear more Thursday night.
During a venture forum in Hong Kong, Musk said an electric truck is not out of the realm of possibilities.
"It is quite likely we will do a truck in the future," he said. "I think it’s sort of a logical thing for us to do in the future.”
There are also rumors that Tesla will introduce a smaller SUV called the Model Y that will have falcon doors, Jalopnik reported.
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