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bob_super [soylentnews.org] writes:

Elon Musk had teased Twitter a few days ago about giving us "the D".
The announcement today includes both a front-axle motor with intelligent four-wheel drive capability (and a claimed slightly extended range), and the fact that all Model S built in the last couple weeks are equipped with new sensors to enable limited autopilot and extended driver assistance.
Ars [arstechnica.com] has the rundown of the new performance numbers, and nifty dreams about future plans of self-parking cars picking you up autonomously. No indication on how they unplug themselves from the wall charger, yet.
The cheapest Model 60D will provide emission-displaced AWD for a mere $75k, while the fully-kitted P85D sits just shy of $138k, before taxes and incentives.

No update on the actually-affordable Model X and 3, but let's hope the new advanced features make the leap down to the rest of us.

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