Tesla Motors Inc (TSLA) Secretly Adds Over 50 HP To Model S P90D Ludicrous

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Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) faced some issues with the power output calculation of its vehicles last year, leading to mediation with over 100 of Model S owners in Norway and change in Model S P85Ds advertised horsepower (hp) to 463, down from 691. The issuewas mainly related to identifying electric power concerning hp and the power output, which vary on the state of battery pack charge powering both the electric motors.

Following the updating of the advertised numbers,Electrekreported that the problem has been largely fixed. Though, the Ludicrous feature rolled out on the Model X made things more complex again. The Ludicrous mode, which is an upgrade for top-of-the-performance Model S and Model X, was introduced last year.

The Ludicrous Mode allowed the company to increase the upper limit of the power output of the sedans battery pack by 200 Amps to 1,500 Amps. It reduces 0-60 mph and quarter-mile acceleration times of the Model S to 2.8 seconds and 10.9 seconds, respectively. For the Model X, the 0-60 mph time reduces to 3.2 seconds and quarter-mile time to 11.7 seconds.

Although the SUV weighs roughly 600 pounds more than the sedan, Tesla advertises that both the models have the same powertrain providing similar hp and torque 532 hp with 397kW power output with the Ludicrous. Surprisingly, Model X owners have been able to replicate the performance of the P90D (Ludicrous), while the Model S P90D owners have been facing difficulty.

Despite having more weight, the crossover has been outperforming the sedan in terms of power output in max charge state. While the top-of-the-line Model X is able to achieve power outputs of more than 490kW, the P90D sedan barely crosses the 450kW mark.

Nevertheless, aTesla Motors Club(TMC) userShotgunF15Euploaded a log file of 0-60 mph launch on his new Model S P90D, delivered in March, which shows that the sedan achieved power output of as much as 494kW.

The tests were conducted after an over-the-air software update (2.20.30). Following the latest update (2.24.30), the owner was able to achieve 672 hp with 501kW on a full-charged latest battery pack (1071394-99-A).

In response to updated Model S output, a Tesla representative toldElectrekreiterated that both of the models have the same hp and torque rating.

Separately, Drag Times create a graph of power output of Model S P90D (Ludicrous), Model X P90D (Ludicrous), and latest Model S P90D (Ludicrous):

The data points show the latest sedan is able to catch provide the same output as the SUV and before now the out between the two models varied. It is possible that Tesla can introduce the leaked Model S P100D, which would provide greater output, to overcome the issue altogether.

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Tesla Motors (TSLA) Is Today"s Post-Market Loser Stock

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Trade-Ideas LLC identified Tesla Motors ( TSLA) as a post-market laggard candidate. In addition to specific proprietary factors, Trade-Ideas identified Tesla Motors as such a stock due to the following factors:

• TSLA has an average dollar-volume (as measured by average daily share volume multiplied by share price) of $905.1 million.

• TSLA is down 3% today from today"s close.

EXCLUSIVE OFFER: Get the inside scoop on opportunities in TSLA with the Ticky from Trade-Ideas. See the FREE profile for TSLA NOW at Trade-Ideas More details on TSLA: Tesla Motors, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, and sells electric vehicles and stationary energy storage products in the United States, China, Norway, and internationally. It primarily offers sedans and sport utility vehicles. Currently there are 7 analysts that rate Tesla Motors a buy, 5 analysts rate it a sell, and 5 rate it a hold. The average volume for Tesla Motors has been 5.2 million shares per day over the past 30 days. Tesla has a market cap of $28.9 billion and is part of the consumer goods sector and automotive industry. The stock has a beta of 0.72 and a short float of 31.9% with 6.68 days to cover. Shares are down 8.5% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Monday. EXCLUSIVE OFFER: See inside Jim Cramer"s multi-million dollar charitable trust portfolio to see the stocks he thinks could be potential winners. Click here to see his holdings for 14-days FREE. TheStreetRatings.com Analysis: TheStreet Quant Ratings rates Tesla Motors as a sell. The company"s weaknesses can be seen in multiple areas, such as its deteriorating net income, generally high debt management risk, disappointing return on equity, weak operating cash flow and generally disappointing historical performance in the stock itself. Highlights from the ratings report include:

• The company, on the basis of change in net income from the same quarter one year ago, has significantly underperformed when compared to that of the S&P 500 and the Automobiles industry. The net income has significantly decreased by 83.1% when compared to the same quarter one year ago, falling from -$154.18 million to -$282.27 million.
• The debt-to-equity ratio is very high at 3.08 and currently higher than the industry average, implying increased risk associated with the management of debt levels within the company. To add to this, TSLA has a quick ratio of 0.56, this demonstrates the lack of ability of the company to cover short-term liquidity needs.
• Return on equity has greatly decreased when compared to its ROE from the same quarter one year prior. This is a signal of major weakness within the corporation. Compared to other companies in the Automobiles industry and the overall market, TESLA MOTORS INC"s return on equity significantly trails that of both the industry average and the S&P 500.
• Net operating cash flow has significantly decreased to -$249.61 million or 89.39% when compared to the same quarter last year. In addition, when comparing to the industry average, the firm"s growth rate is much lower.
• The share price of TESLA MOTORS INC has not done very well: it is down 13.91% and has underperformed the S&P 500, in part reflecting the company"s sharply declining earnings per share when compared to the year-earlier quarter. The fact that the stock is now selling for less than others in its industry in relation to its current earnings is not reason enough to justify a buy rating at this time.

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