We take the Tesla Model S electric sedan for a test drive and find out its practical range and how drives differently from a gas-powered car. With a new firmware update, it even has a “Creep” mode, which is not what you think it is.
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It carries five adults and two kids and has a 300 mile range! Chief Designer Franz von Holzhausen gives Jay an up-close deep dive on the Tesla S. Subscribe NOW to Jay Leno’s Garage: full.sc Check out the Official Jay Leno’s Garage Site for more: JayLenosGarage.com Get more Jay Leno’s Garage Follow Jay: Twitter.com Like Jay: Facebook.com Get more NBC: NBC YouTube: full.sc NBC Facebook: facebook.com NBC Twitter: twitter.com NBC Pinterest: pinterest.com NBC Tumblr: nbctv.tumblr.com Tonight Show host Jay Leno explores his passion for all things on wheels in this Emmy Award-winning web series. 2012 Tesla Model S – Jay Leno’s Garage www.youtube.com
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no, no problem its just a piece of shit
They are 100% solar powered. Solar photovoltaic installers SolarCity provide all their electricity.
Where do the Supercharger stations get their power? From hydropower? From nuclear? From natural gas? If from the latter, then the Tesla Model S is still a hydrocarbon-powered vehicle, with the inefficiency imposed by converting hydrocarbon energy into electrical energy first.
Which is why Tesla launched the Supercharger stations which they are only going to continue to expand.
The future is here!! Awesomeness:)
Here is something to remember about “electric” cars: a battery is not a source of energy. Rather, a battery is a storage vessel for energy that is produced at your local power plant. So, if your local power plant is a coal-fired power plant, then your Tesla Model S (or other electric car) is a coal-fired car. If you are going to use hydrocarbons to power your car anyway, gasoline engines are a much better deal.
The Tesla Model S may be the greatest car ever made. If so, it deserves the honor of being allowed to compete in the marketplace without subsidies to the manufacturer or the buyer. I defend the wealthy more than anyone else. By risking their wealth, I call them “the engine of prosperity in America”. But electric car subsidies create a situation where the middle class subsidizes the high-cost toys of the wealthy. That’s a bad deal any way you look at it.
I want that car. I cant wait till we all upgrade to electric cars
13 people work for big oil.
THEY BE CREEPIN!
What happens when the door handle linkage on a regular car breaks?
What happens if the door handle thing breaks and they no longer extend out? Can you open the door?
My major concern is how well does it do in the cold? Not southern California “cold” but below 30 Fahrenheit cold. Also, what if you get a virus?
0-60 in 4 seconds not 5 seconds
because it’s electric and pays itself, problem?
why would you buy that piece of shit?
It runs Linux and the web browser is firefox based. lol
Well that’s a problem that will hopefully be solved over time. Over a long time if you ask oil companies…
oh no, so right wheel drive has to navigate the panels using left hand ?
Electric cars are way to expensive and when the battery is low where r u gonna charge it at a restaunt or something.
no
do v need license to drive it ???
really nice review gentlemen. I’m torn between the Audi A7 Sportback and the Tesla Model S. I think Audi beats Tesla in the looks and Interior but Tesla beats Audi in everything else.
It’s so quiet. As much as I like a really growly engine, I would take this kind of peace and quiet over any other car. Also, it’s just stunning.
ablosutely fantastic video, thaks for sharing!!
Ok…how?
@Japplesnap
The range drops about 1% per year. After 8 years, it will have a range of 276 miles.
I just LOVE navigation on such a huge screen in a car!
They say it has a 300 mile range and a 10 year battery life, what I want to know is how fast the range drops over time. Sure the batteries might last 10 years, but what if you can only go 50 miles for the last 3 like most battery powered things.
Annnnnnd it looks like a Honda.
Wow thats a nice looking car, I think most 4 doors on the market can take a page from the Tesla Model S…
lol@canucks
Damn that screen is huge!!!
2:10 totally avoids question
Yeah, no kidding. I was just wondering why they didn’t do a burnout on dry pavement. It’s not like it was pouring out. LOL
If I had the cash I’d buy one today. I can drive it for about 20% what it costs to drive a 1.5 liter Honda Civic here in Norway (per mile). I would drive the crap out of it. The whole energy limitation makes it more exciting, I think, like playing dare by driving past gas stations after the fuel stick says “empty”. 4 seconds 0 to 60 is also damned good. I can’t wait for the batteries to get even better (then you can just add more cooling to the motors and go even faster).
It’s not a go-cart.. I think ~440 ft-lbs is enough torque to do a burnout. Remember that electric motors have 100% torque from idle.
prius lol
But would it have done a burnout on dry pavement?
nice car
Maserati design
how is he bored? there are barely any buttons in the car for him to press, you control everything from the screen, the car is simple and amazing
To meet modern halogen design light output, the LED lights with current technology and price point only show a slight decrease in energy consumption. The main benefit would be longer life. This car features LED running lights and rear lights and employs halogen for the main beam, it looks like. They probably went with this for cost, and performance, and calibrated the loss within the whole system to be minimal.
I was thinking that too. Why battery zapping halogen?
300 mile range? Maybe suitable within Silicone Valley and a drive to LA and back but really it should be 500 miles to make any proper economic sense. Hopefully in afew years time it would be suitable for upto 500 miles.
Disclaimer: My comment above is based on FACTS, not fiction. Please no trolls and keyboard spartans who think that they know everything and base thier views on fuck all. This is a good car in all respects.
Is it just me or is he a little bored? He’s atleast not as involved as he was with the Fisker
What would the range be driving at night with head lites on bright, heater on, radio on, hard rain with wipers on and a strong head wind going up hill with 5 fat adults and 2 children in the car and the fronk full of stuff?