Has a “blazing’ acceleration.
By Raif Karerat
Tesla Motors delivered the first of its highly-anticipated Model X electric sports utility vehicles on Tuesday.
The high-end Model X, the Signature version, which Musk unveiled Monday night, is expected to cost between $132,000 and $144,000, which places the car in a tier of luxury vehicles most consumers don’t consider. The company has however said it will eventually produce a less-expensive version.
According to Scientific American:
The midsized crossover and newest option in the electric automaker’s lineup has several new selling points—a HEPA filter, blazing acceleration, agile “falcon wing†doors, a low center of gravity that reduces rollover risk, a panoramic windshield and the highest crash safety rating federal regulators can give—as well as an old marketing problem: price.
In retrospect, the company may have done less, Musk told reporters ahead of a launch event on Tuesday.
“There is far more there than is really necessary to sell a car. And some of the things are so difficult, they make the car better but the difficulty of engineering those parts is so high.”
Musk estimated that 25,000 customers had pre-ordered the crossover online or in its stores and that it would take 8-12 months for those ordering from now to receive the SUV, reported CNBC.
He also stated the all-wheel drive Model X — with two electric motors, the ability to travel about 250 miles (about 400 km) on a single charge and seating for seven people — was “the hardest car to build in the world.”