{"id":71471,"date":"2016-08-23T15:44:47","date_gmt":"2016-08-23T19:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techvibes.com\/?p=71471"},"modified":"2016-08-23T15:45:01","modified_gmt":"2016-08-23T19:45:01","slug":"tesla-boosts-battery-for-model-s","status":"publish","type":"magazine","link":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/magazine\/tesla-boosts-battery-for-model-s","title":{"rendered":"Tesla Boosts Battery for Model S, Bringing Ludicrous Mode Acceleration Down to 2.5 Seconds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Electric car maker Tesla Motors said today it will launch a 100 kilowatt hour battery for its Model S and Model X vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>As a result of the battery boost, expected to arrive late next month, the Model S will be able to accelerate from zero to 60 miles per hour in as little as 2.5 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>That speed renders the Tesla model the third-fastest accelerating car ever produced, behind only the Porsche 918 Spyder and LaFerrari\u2014and since those cars can&#8217;t be bought new anymore, the Model S is officially the fastest available on the market today, ahead of all combustion engines.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/borndigital.com\/2016\/08\/01\/solarcity-accepts-teslas-2-6-billion-offer<\/p>\n<p>The battery upgrade for Model S owners\u2014which will not only add speed, but also extend range to 315 miles\u2014will cost a cool $20,000.<\/p>\n<p>The Model S is now the first electric car on the market to exceed 300 miles of range.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/borndigital.com\/2016\/08\/04\/tesla-quarter-new-vehicles<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Electric car maker Tesla Motors said today it will launch a 100 kilowatt hour battery for its Model S and Model X vehicles. As a result of the battery boost, expected to arrive late next month, the Model S will be able to accelerate from zero to 60 miles per hour in as little as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55555,"featured_media":70317,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"magazine-region":[],"magazine-series":[],"magazine-topic":[],"class_list":["post-71471","magazine","type-magazine","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-News"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine\/71471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/magazine"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/55555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine\/71471\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/media\/70317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71471"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine-region?post=71471"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine-series?post=71471"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/wp\/api\/wp\/v2\/magazine-topic?post=71471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}