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Valley Oak
10-16-2014, 04:53 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgW8W4MEWsw#t=72

Published on Oct 11, 2014
Elon Musk teased us all before he unveiled... "the D." It's a beefed up take on the Model S all-electric vehicle, with features including "self park" and being able to "greet" passengers, on top of very fast accelerations - 0 - 60 mph in 3.2 seconds. Oddly, it's more power efficient than previous models, despite having more power. It wasn't the announcement of the oft-teased Model X - the SUV, or the 3 - the less-expensive addition to the pricey Tesla lineup. Do Musk's announcements mean a major change to the automobile market as a whole? What about the laws as they apply to highly automized vehicles? Kim Horcher discusses with Ashely Esqueda (CNET Senior Editor, host of Tomorrow Daily).

Read more: https://www.slate.com/blogs/future_ten... (https://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/10/10/tesla_d_new_model_s_goes_0_to_60_in_3_2_seconds_has_autopilot_mode.html)

Tomorrow Daily: https://www.cnet.com/tomorrow-daily (https://www.cnet.com/tomorrow-daily/)