My boss at work drives an S model daily here in MN. I have driven the car in summer and been a passenger this winter. We have had weeks of sub zero temps this season. His commute is 25 miles each way. He had zero problems. I would say from 0 to 80mph the Tesla is slightly faster than my modded srt6, but with much better hook up due to the awd. After 80 it loses steam fast. This is just my seat of pants impression. We were going to race but I put my car away for winter before we got a chance. In winter conditions the awd was very impressive. I hated the idea of electric cars but now I'm warming up to it.