The Morning After: Tesla's $25,000 EV, and its 200 MPH-capable Model S

Judging by the standard of last week's NVIDIA 3080 and PS5 rollouts, the start of Xbox Series X and S pre-orders was only a slight disaster. Not all of the sale pages went live exactly as scheduled (I'm looking at you, Best Buy and Amazon), and Microsoft's servers were crashing at the same time CEO Satya Nadella gave a speech about the power of cloud computing or something, but things worked well enough for many people to jump in without staying up all night. It's bizarre that handing a company money for a video game console is so difficult, but at least now we can get to the important things -- arguing over minor differences in framerate or software lineup to prove superiority. No, it's not covered in plaid (shame), but it is fast. This version of the Model S sedan -- which goes well beyond the previous Performance version and its high-speed "Ludicrous" mode -- will be available late next year.