Model S

Palo Alto sedan

Model S is Tesla's flagship electric sedan, introduced in 2012 and credited with proving electric vehicles could be both luxurious and high-performance.

The name follows automotive convention where letters indicate trim levels or variants within a model line.

The Model S outsold comparable luxury sedans in its first year.

Its success helped establish Tesla as a major automaker rather than a niche manufacturer.

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battery · luxury · performance · supercharger · ludicrous · touchscreen · glass roof · acceleration · zero to sixty · sleek · drag coefficient · range · long range · charging · autonomous · over the air · software update · falcon

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vehicle body type

Model SModel X

Tesla electric crossover

Model Y · crossover · SUV · pickup truck · minivan

electric vs. combustion propulsion

Model Sgas guzzler

Vehicle with poor mileage

diesel truck · Chevrolet Corvette · Ferrari · Lamborghini

market positioning and price

Model SKia Rio

Korean entry-level automobile

econobox · subcompact

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Family

model, models, modeled, modeling, modeler, modelers

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Top 500,000
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