2025 Tesla Model S

Not a Tesla App (opens in a new tab) calls the update not a ground-up redesign, adding a front bumper camera, ambient lighting, new wheels and colors. Tesla Oracle (opens in a new tab) describes it as a mild refresh with no significant visible change to the exterior, and Cars Trucks Roads (opens in a new tab) reports new 19-inch Magnetite wheels on the Model S and a $5,000 price increase across trims.

Kelley Blue Book (opens in a new tab) lists the 2025 Model S at a starting sticker price of $81,880, with the Model S Plaid starting at $96,880, and describes the Plaid as developing 1,020 hp and reaching 60 mph in a claimed 1.99 seconds. EPA rates the Model S at 93 to 124 MPGe, 312 to 410 miles of range and $600 to $800 a year in electricity, with all-wheel drive.

NHTSA lists two recall campaigns for the 2025 Model S. 24V967000 covers 2021 to 2025 Model S and Model X vehicles whose driver air bag could tear during deployment, and Tesla will replace the air bag assembly free of charge. 25V002000 covers a computer circuit board that may short and cause loss of the rearview camera image, and Tesla released an over-the-air software update as the remedy.

Owners have filed 6 complaints with NHTSA: power train and suspension with 2 each, and steering, wheels and visibility and wiper with 1 each. Consumer Reports (opens in a new tab) rates the 2025 Model S less reliable than other cars from the same model year.

EPA rates the 2025 Model S at 93 to 124 MPGe and 312 to 410 miles of range. The Porsche Taycan lists 77 to 93 MPGe and 252 to 318 miles, the BMW i7 75 to 88 and 268 to 314, and the Lucid Air 105 to 146 and 361 to 512. The Model S out-ranges the Taycan and i7 and trails the Lucid Air on both efficiency and range.