Wow, Elon Musk is a master of marketing.
This was posted three days ago, on June 7, 2021:
Tesla: officially cancels its flagship sedan, the Model S Plaid Plus; would have delivered 520 miles of range, and acceleration from 0 to 60 in less than two seconds.
Today, this announcement from Tesla, reported in The Wall Street Journal: Tesla to introduce upgraded Model S to jump-start high-end model sales. On CNBC, Phil LeBeau is all over this story; he needs to be paid by Tesla for his commercials. As does Ford. As does Boeing.
Elon Musk had promised redesign would be available months ago, a delay that means Tesla missed some of this year's booming demand for luxury cars;
the vehicle is dubbed ... drum roll .. remember, three days ago the Model S Plaid Plus was canceled ... the new vehicle ... drum roll ... the Model S Plaid.
In other words, Tesla is dropping the "PLUS" and calling it a luxury car. The announced price for this "luxury": $129,990.00. That's the starting price. Generally, the "real" price is significantly higher, but if you have to ask, you can't afford it anyway. The billionaires who can afford this car will get federal and state tax breaks, something the rest of us can subsidize, I guess. Or did Tesla exhaust its federal tax breaks? I've long lost the bubble on that and no one bothers to report it any more anyway. The betting is that Congress will simply extend the breaks as needed (i.e., politically expedient).
The original Model S Plaid Plus was said to have been able to accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in less than two seconds.
The newly announced Model S Plaid is said to be able to accelerate from 0 to 60mph in 1.99 seconds. I can't make this stuff up.
Again, for the record, if I had all the money in the world, I would buy a Tesla. Or two.
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