Tesla has been toying around with its base car offering for some time. Now, with the Model 3 creeping onto the market, Tesla apparently wants to make it clear that the Model 3?and not any version of the Model S?will be the company’s entry-level offering. To that end, Tesla confirmed it is discontinuing the entry-level, rear-wheel-drive Model S 75. The all-wheel-drive Model S 75D lives on. For now. The change means that all Model S sedans are now all-wheel drive.
Tesla had said back in July that it was going to discontinue the rear-wheel-drive Model S 75, although it didn’t specify when that would happen. The Model S 75 had a base price of $69,500, while the AWD 75D starts at $74,500. The discontinued base car had an EPA-rated range of 249 miles to the all-wheel-drive version’s 259. Moving up from there, Tesla?s Model S 100D has a range of 335 miles, thanks to 100 kWh of battery capacity, and starts at $94,000. The performance-oriented Model S P100D starts at $135,000. Its range is a little lower at 315 miles, but the manufacturer claims it shoots from zero to 60 mph in 2.5 seconds.
Tesla added the Model S 75 in May 2016 as an upgrade over the Model S 70, which was the same car; but the Model S 75 offered 5 kWh more battery capacity. Incidentally, the Model S 70 replaced the Model S 60, which had 60 kWh of capacity. The Model S 60 was later revived for about a year, and then Tesla ended its run for a second time last spring.

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