On Thursday night, Tesla Motors (NASDAQ:TSLA) unveiled the much awaited new All-Wheel-Drive versions of luxury electric sedan Model S in Hawthorne, California. The car comes with exotic package of safety and driver-assistance features and meets the expectations of a self-driving car to some extent. CEO Elon Musk claims that these will be augmented with additional features in future thus making it almost like an auto-pilot on a plane.

Musk while giving interview to USA TODAY said that super-sprinter McLaren, an expensive and limited production racing car, is his favorite. The fastest Tesla is designed to match McLaren’s acceleration which reaches zero to 60 mph in just 3.2 seconds.  Shareholders are tightly following Tesla’s actions so as to take Tesla’s share prices up and then sell them out, behaving like technology stocks instead of automakers stock. AWD versions of Tesla’s Model S cars will cover more distance to a maximum of 275 miles on a single charge, about 10 miles more as compared to its rear-wheel drive versions.

This is made possible due to efficient system design with the introduction of second electric motor which drives front wheels of Tesla’s AWD car. The concept is similar to other AWD hybrids like Lexus RX. It has gotten rid of front-to-rear driveshaft and other complicated AWD hardware by incorporating separate electric motors for front and rear wheels.  Tesla’s CEO proudly claims that they have taken the technology to the next level through this enormous enhancement.

The mystery of “D” is solved now as AWD cars will be designated with D. The deliveries of top version of latest AWD Model S “P85D” will start in December, whereas, other AWD models like 60D and 85D will be delivered in February 2015. Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) is hopeful of expanding its customer base beyond the Sunshine region with the introduction of AWD models and is likely to give tough time to its competitors in the snowy East and Midwest regions of United States. Jaguar also realized that in the absence of AWD models it cannot compete in the dwindling luxury car market and went on to introduce AWD cars in 2013.

After the introduction of safeties and driver’s assistance features, Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) made further revelations. The cars that it is manufacturing now would be fitted with radar mounted in the front, a camera and 12 sensors which can each track up to 16 feet to facilitate safety technology. Integrated with GPS, steering and braking systems, future Tesla cars would stand out in capabilities. However, older models cannot be retrofitted with these revolutionary systems. In addition to lane departure warnings and other related safety and driver’s aid which are common, the new system will steer the car one lane to the side of turn indicator. Car will be able to make adjustments in its speed after reading posted speed sign boards.  The car will be able to park itself in the garage after dropping you in your driveway and will drive itself up with car temperature and music system set the way you like it when you are ready to go.

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