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The car offers a smooth, silent “insane” acceleration feature, allowing the car to travel from 0 to 60 mph in 3.1 seconds.

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Tesla owners can install an at-home charger with the help of an electrician.ĭriving a Tesla, you can hardly feel how fast you’re going. Georgeson said the superchargers are strictly for road trips. They are strategically placed near shopping centers, restaurants and WiFi hot spots so that you have something to do while you wait.

The Supercharger can provide your Tesla with 170 miles of range in 30 minutes.

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Tesla currently has 480 Supercharger stations worldwide with 2,705 superchargers, and they are free to use for Model S owners. The system will purposefully direct you so that your Tesla travels through Supercharger station locations that charge your battery so that you never run out of life. The navigation system will help you plan a road trip and will direct your route based on how many miles you have until your next charge. The touchscreen also provides a “Trip Planner” function for longer road trips. The 17-inch touchscreen also provides mobile connectivity that comes with your purchase and is paid for by Tesla, letting you play your favorite songs using Slacker Radio, helping you find a new restaurant, or giving you turn by turn navigation instructions.

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When they agree to the update, the car will shut down and within a few hours the new features will be available for use (the same way an iPhone software update works).

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Inside, there is a 17-inch touchscreen, which acts as the brains of the car, allowing Tesla to push free over-the-air software updates throughout the lifetime of that model.Įvery few months, Tesla owners will receive a software update that’s available to download whenever they choose. “The Model S is the only car on the road that gets better the longer you own it,” Georgeson said. Today, there are currently more than 80,000 Teslas on the road worldwide. In 2012, Tesla launched the Model S, the world’s first premium electric sedan. Their first car, Tesla Roadster, came to market in 2008. Tesla Motors, which was founded in 2003 by a group of engineers in Silicon Valley spent the first five years of the company researching electric cars. I spoke with Alexis Georgeson, communications at Tesla Motors, to learn more about what this car has to offer. You just have to worry about your tires and your brakes.” You don’t have oil-filters that need to be changed. “(It’s) a little pricey, but it really has been completely trouble-free and there’s no maintenance whatsoever. “Like any teenage boy, you can drive really fast, but you’re also not doing any damage to the environment. The Model S is a 100 percent electric sedan with a battery range of up to 270 miles.Īs New Jersey native John Fitzgerald, and the president of Six Flags Great Adventure, said, “It sort of makes driving anything else depressing.”įitzgerald, who bought his first Model S Tesla in 2013, said with a Tesla you get the best of both worlds. It’s the fastest accelerating sedan on the road and the sleekest looking electric car on the market. All I needed to provide was my home address and my driver’s license.Īs soon as I started driving the Model S, I understood why these cars are making quite the statement.

I scheduled a free test drive appointment at the Tesla Motors at Short Hills Mall. Tesla Motors gives anyone the opportunity to request a test drive - whether or not you’re looking to purchase one of their vehicles.

That’s it? You don’t have to throw obstacles my way and test out my reflexes? Do a background check? Ask my mother if I’m a decent person? “Whenever you’re ready,” my driving instructor tells me. There I was sitting inside a $120,000 Tesla Model S, sporting a worn down flannel thinking, “I am not worthy.”