TESLA MODELS

摘要

We were blown away by the Tesla Model S when we drove it earlier this summer, and so was Aston Martin's dear old Rapide S. The one thing you don't expect from an electric car is the sort of pure, straight-line performance that can make a 5.9-litre V12 Aston Martin feel slow, but that's precisely what the Model S delivered when we put the two cars side by side. In the process, the Tesla changed in a heartbeat our perceptions of what we should expect from an EV. From that moment, the future for us car enthusiasts seemed, well, rosier somehow. Driving the extraordinary Model S and realising just how good it was beside rivals from some of the best sports car companies in the world right now (not just the Aston Martin but a Porsche Panamera, too) was one of the most uplifting motoring moments of 2013.