At a high level, there wasn’t much revealed at Tesla’s “Model D” launch (our live blog here)  that “the Internet” didn’t already predict pretty accurately: the Model D is a souped up dual motor, all-wheel-drive version of the Model S that can go zero to 60 in just over three seconds. But after talking with Tesla execs, and doing a test drive of the car itself, at the launch event, I got a much more complete picture of the new functions and options (and if they’re worth it or not) as well as how the autopilot technology actually works.

First the “D” or the “P85D,” which is the highest performance, dual-motor version of the Model S that has the 85 kwh battery. Tesla CEO Elon Musk didn’t mention the price onstage and Tesla has yet to send out any specs (at least to me) on it. So. . …