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Elon Musk, Tesla CTO Talk Model X Details, Model S Upgrades

Posted by samzenpus on from the things-to-come dept.

joe5 writes "Tesla Motors tries to keep product details quiet for the most part, but in a recent Q & A session in Norway (Teslas sell extremely well there) Tesla CEO Elon Musk and the company's CTO JB Straubel discussed some interesting nuggets about the Model S, the upcoming Model X SUV, and the company's planned Model E sedan."

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  1. Re:Allow me to be the first by koreanbabykilla · · Score: 1, Interesting

    LOL. YHBT. YHL. HTH. HAND.

    I don't know what the trolls hope to accomplish with the "./ is deleting posts and banning people" song and dance with never a shred of easy to come by proof, if it were happening. No one believes it, the uproar would make this beta thing look insignificant.

  2. Model X is the Wrong Model by segedunum · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Tesla should have concentrated on producing a credible hatchback, Volkswagen Golf competitor they could sell worldwide. If they could get a section of that market then things would change very rapidly. As it is they're simply chasing after niches and not gaining enough critical mass.

    1. Re:Model X is the Wrong Model by CaptSlaq · · Score: 3, Interesting

      Have you looked at the pictures that have been released? Some would say that the X *is* a hatchback. Bigger than a golf, granted, but still the design is firmly in the hatch territory. They call it an SUV because the nomenclature of "station wagon" has huge negative implications, and hatchback is codespeak for "cheap car that's almost a station wagon" in the US. [url]http://www.teslamotors.com/modelx[/url]. The third row will be unusable of you're of normal adult height due to the roofline.