Motor Trend Review: Model S P85 is now the fastest American sedan

tomsax said:

Motor Trend has a great review of the Model S and does a great job of explaining the advantages of an electric drive train in terms of responsiveness.

World Exclusive! 2012 Tesla Model S Test and Range Verification - Motor Trend

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There was a thread discussing it that you might be interested in -

Motor Trend: World Exclusive! 2012 Tesla Model S Test and Range Verification

Also, we post announcements of new reviews here -

Model S First Drive Reviews

tomsax said:

This is a ground-breaking story, explaining the incredible advantages of an electric drivetrain in a mainstream auto publication, with implications well beyond the top-end Model S.

It deserves a more prominent spot than buried down two levels in the Model S section.

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tomsax I would have to agree with you on this one.

Then they drove it to Las Vegas and back.

Visiting Las Vegas in the Tesla Model S - Motor Trend


I wonder at the advice to turn off the AC and open the windows. Won't the additional drag offset the load of the AC? I suppose Tesla Motors would know.

bobw said:

Then they drove it to Las Vegas and back.

Visiting Las Vegas in the Tesla Model S - Motor Trend


I wonder at the advice to turn off the AC and open the windows. Won't the additional drag offset the load of the AC? I suppose Tesla Motors would know.

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I believe the advice was "turn off AC and *close* the windows". When it's a tradeoff I think running the AC a bit high would be clearly better than opening the windows.

This review was terrible. It was more a review of a non-EV person's response to driving their first EV. It was not a good review of the car. They should have covered the range meter and just driven the car. If it made it - great, and if it did not then that would answer some questions too. As it was it was a review of the reviewers and not of what the car could do.

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