Aston Martin's Not-so-Ambitious Electric Car - Motley Fool

P90D Model S. But is Aston Martin's foray into electric vehicles really as ambitious as Palmer lets on. . Aston Martin Rapide S. Image source: Aston Martin. Tesla's flagship all-wheel drive P90D Model S, when in "ludicrous mode," bolts to 60 mph in just 2. 8 seconds, putting it ahead of a handful of high-end sports cars with much higher starting prices, and just behind the billionaire-toy Bugatti Veryon. The zero-to-30 mph time for both Tesla's lesser P85D (with "insane mode") and its ludicrous P90D is a mind-boggling one-and-one-third second. While the recently introduced Ludicrous mode for Model S is still too new to the market to fairly judge customer response, the still-super-quick 3. 1-second time of Tesla's P85D Model S, with its insane mode, has been a boon for the company's... Sparking hundreds of popular acceleration videos on YouTube, and wowing passengers and test drivers, insane mode has undoubtedly played an important role in driving demand for Model S. Since Tesla made its first splash into sub four-second... Source: www.fool.com