Tesla Model S
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12 model years with exact configuration records. Latest available year: 2026, with 3 listed configurations.
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The Tesla Model S is a full-size, five-seat battery-electric liftback and the car that established Tesla as a mainstream automaker. It is built in Fremont, California on an aluminium body-and-chassis architecture that shares its platform and about thirty percent of its parts with the Model X. The lithium-ion pack sits flat in the floor, which gives the car a roughly 18-inch centre-of-gravity height, a 46/54 front-to-rear weight split, a large rear cargo hold under a hatch-style liftgate and a second "frunk" storage well where an engine would normally sit.
Across its life the Model S has moved through three broad phases. The 2012-2016 cars wore a black nose cone and were sold as numbered battery variants — 60, 85 and the performance P85 — joined from late 2014 by dual-motor "D" models such as the 85D and P85D. An April 2016 facelift replaced the grille with a body-coloured fascia and adaptive full-LED headlights, and the numbered lineup grew to include 60/60D, 70/70D, 75/75D, 90D, 100D and the 680-hp P100D. In mid-2019 Tesla retired the battery-size badges in favour of Standard Range, Long Range and Performance names on a common 100 kWh pack, and in 2021 the "Palladium" update introduced the tri-motor Plaid. Tesla built the Model S at Fremont from June 2012 until May 2026, when the last cars left the line.
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