In January 2007, a year before the company introduced its first vehicle, the Roadster, the American automaker Tesla Motors opened a facility in Michigan, employing sixty people to work on new projects, in… See more

The body and the chassis of the Model S are made mostly of aluminum. The Model S shares its platform and thirty percent of its parts with the Model X, a mid-size luxury crossover SUV that was introduced in 2015. The Model … See more

Tesla allocated its initial 1,000 Model S units to the "Signature" limited edition configurations. The AC induction motor of the base Signature model generates a power output of 270 kW (362 hp) and a torque output … See more

The instrument panel is positioned directly before the driver and features a 12.3-inch (310 mm) liquid crystal display electronic instrument cluster. Initially, the infotainment control touchscreen featured a 17-inch (430 mm) multi-t… See more