"In a lot of respects, it'll be a scaled down Model S," Musk told Wired. "I was joking when I said 'Model E,'" Musk told Wired, referring to a recent open forum he held on car culture site Jalopnik. Based on Tesla's third-generation platform, Musk vowed the car will "look great and perform better than anything in its price range," adding that it will not be called the Model E. So creating something with Ferrari performance and an attainable price tag will require both a major innovation in lightweight components and a new breed of batteries to keep the tonnage in check.įor now, Musk's first Tesla priority is the 2015 new sedan, which will compete with the BMW 3 Series, Audi A4 and Mercedes-Benz C-Class. The Performance version of the Model S, equipped with a slightly modified electric motor and 85 kWh battery pack, is able to run from zero to 60 mph in around 4 seconds, yet it weighs nearly 4,500 pounds. While the biggest hurdle of bringing a sports car to market is keeping it in the black, the other issue is weight – a constant problem with the current crop of electric vehicles. Musk said that this new sports car won't be in the same vein as the Roadster, which was based off the Lotus Elise, and will have "supercar performance, but not supercar pricing."
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