Tesla's new edition of Model S coming in March

San Francisco: EV maker Tesla has announced the first major redesign of the Model S electric sedan with new exteriors and interiors. According to the company, this new version, which starts shipping in March comes with an option for a more powerful powertrain that lets the car travel at least 520 miles and goes from 0 to 60 miles per hour in under two seconds.

The new Model S starts at $79,990 for a "Long Range" dual-motor version that gets 412 miles of range. A potential customer can spend $119,000 for one with the new, more powerful "Plaid" powertrain that goes 390 miles with that sub-2 second 0-60 time.

The "Plaid+" version with 520 miles starts at $139,000.

Company CEO Elon Musk said on Wednesday that Model S Plaid was in production now and will be delivered starting in February. "It's really a tremendous improvement over the prior version," Musk added.

On the outside, the Model S has a new front bumper with slightly different intakes, a tweaked rear diffuser and new 19- and 21-inch wheel designs.

There's a large 17-inch central screen much like that of the Model 3 and Model Y, but the S retains a 12.3-inch digital gauge cluster in front of the driver, as well.

Tesla says the new center screen is basically a gaming computer with 10 teraflops of processing power, and the released images show it running the popular fantasy RPG game Witcher 3.

The Model S has three-zone climate control, a 22-speaker audio system, heated seats all around (and ventilated front seats), ambient lighting and a glass roof as standard.