From the Q2 financial results call. Elon just said said the current Model S weighs "several pounds" less than the original cars. Quarter pound here, half pound there.
Good to see them constantly improving. In another thread, somebody said it was 200lbs less? They originally had the reinforcements for the rear-facing seat in every car, that is now gone. That might have been in the vicinity of 50lbs.
Since the first Model S cars to now, the cars weighs a couple hundred pounds less according to Elon in the quarterly result conference call...
Hey mods- would you please change the title? "Current Model S weighs several hundred pounds less than early cars" Thanks.
Does that mean the performance has improved as well? I'd like to see a Sig P85 go against a current (i.e. > 30,000 VIN) P85. Yeah, wouldn't that be nice.
Between weight reduction and the improvements in charging efficiency, could they get a better MPGe rating now? How would that work since they done have a model year?
One part I remember hearing about in terms of weight reduction is the B pillars. I think the originals had high-strength boron-steel to beat more stringent European side impact intrusion tests. I heard they were redesigned to be all aluminum, stronger, cheaper, and easier to manufacture and that change saved 80lbs. Not sure if or when that design change made it into production, but 80 lbs is a lot.
Got it. With all these running changes, it should be impressive to see what the full 2.0 of Model S looks like from a performance and tech standpoint.
When I got my car in June 2013, the car "sticker" showed a 89 MPGe rating. In January or February I was in a Tesla store and the sticker had 95 MPGe. I aksed one of the store personnel, and they had no idea why it had changed, or even noticed it.
I'll check my sticker when I get home, but I think is was still 89MPGe when I got mine in November. Maybe they changed it officially for the 2014 year...
Rear facing kid seats were redesigned, to my eye the materials they used for construction could have saved some weight in the cars that have the kid seats.
Elon and JB did talk about how the weight reduction didn't make the car all that much more efficient. I remember them saying that it was less than you'd think.