Vehicle
Tesla Model S
The large electric saloon, and the oldest electric car in this catalogue still in production — which makes its population the most useful one for age-related battery behaviour anywhere. Early cars carry a legacy 12-volt lead-acid battery whose failure produces symptoms across the whole vehicle, the same way it does on any car with many modules.
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Generations
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First generation 2012–present
The oldest electric car here still in production, so its population is the most useful anywhere for age-related battery behaviour; early cars carry a legacy 12-volt lead-acid battery whose failure reaches the whole vehicle.
- Body styles
- Liftback
- Platform
- Tesla Model S
- Engines
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- 75 kWh electric — electric
- 85 kWh electric — electric
- 100 kWh electric — electric
- Transmissions
- Single-speed reduction
- Drivetrain
- Rear-wheel drive · Four-wheel drive
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