Model S har vundet [[Motor Trend Car of the Year]] i 2013,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.motortrend.com/oftheyear/car/1301_2013_motor_trend_car_of_the_year_tesla_model_s/photos/ |title=Model S Motor Trend Car of the Year Award 2013 |access-date=2012-11-12 |publisher=Motor Trend}}</ref> [[World Car of the Year|World Green Car of the Year i 2013]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ibtimes.com/press-release/20130328/now-there-one-tesla-model-s-declared-2013-world-green-car-1158695#|title=And Now There Is One.... Tesla Model S Declared 2013 World Green Car|author=PRNewswire|work=[[International Business Times]]|date=2013-03-28|access-date=2013-03-28|archive-date=24. maj 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524082052/http://www.ibtimes.com/press-release/20130328/now-there-one-tesla-model-s-declared-2013-world-green-car-1158695|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Automobile Magazine]]s Car of the Year i 2013<ref name="2013 Automobile of the Year: Tesla Model S">{{cite web |last=Zenlea|first=David |title=2013 Automobile of the Year: Tesla Model S|url=http://www.automobilemag.com/features/awards/1301_2013_automobile_of_the_year_tesla_model_s/ |work=Automobile Magazine|date=2012-01 |access-date=2012-11-01}}</ref> og [[Time Magazine]]s bedste 25 opfindelser i 2012.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://techland.time.com/2012/11/01/best-inventions-of-the-year-2012/slide/the-tesla-model-s/ |title=Best Inventions of the Year 2012 - $22,000 - $750,000 -The Tesla Model S |author=TIME Staff |work=[[Time (magazine)|Time Magazine]]|date=2012-11-01 |access-date=2012-11-02}}</ref> Omkring 2.650 Model S biler blev solgt i løbet af 2012 i USA,<ref name=Tesla4Q2012>{{cite web|url=http://files.shareholder.com/downloads/ABEA-4CW8X0/2155882767x0x637040/4e3260f0-b711-47df-9c9e-16a8dda99a19/Q4'12%20SHL%20022013%20final.pdf|title=Tesla Motors, Inc. – Fourth Quarter & Full Year 2012 Shareholder Letter|author=Tesla Motors|publisher=Tesla Motors|date=2013-02-20|access-date=2013-02-13|archive-date=27. maj 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140527212049/http://files.shareholder.com/downloads/ABEA-4CW8X0/2155882767x0x637040/4e3260f0-b711-47df-9c9e-16a8dda99a19/Q4'12%20SHL%20022013%20final.pdf|url-status=dead}} ''Most of the remaining Tesla Roadsters were sold during the 4Q 2012, and quarter Roadsters and about 2,650 Model S vehicles during 2012.''</ref> og 4.900 biler i 1. kvartal 2013, dermed var det den bedst sælgende plug-in-[[elbil]] på det amerikanske marked i 1. kvartal 2013.<ref name=Tesla1Q2013>{{cite news|url=http://origin-www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-08/tesla-posts-first-quarterly-profit-on-model-s-deliveries.html|title=Tesla Posts First Quarterly Profit on Model S Deliveries|author=Alan Ohnsman|work=[[Bloomberg L.P.]]|date=2013-05-08|access-date=2013-05-08|archive-date= 4. oktober 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004213742/http://origin-www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-08/tesla-posts-first-quarterly-profit-on-model-s-deliveries.html|url-status=dead}} ''During Q1 2013 a total of 4,900 Model S cars were delivered in North America (mostly in the U.S. and a few units delivered in Canada).''</ref>
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