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You know how General Motors vehicles and cars fitted with Takata airbags were recalled in the millions due to half-assed research and development? Well, Tesla Motors is playing the safe card, informing that the Model X is going to be launched later next year. It may've been delayed a few months, but this extra R&D time will make the much-anticipated Tesla electric crossover less prone to reliability issues.
Tesla Motors chief executive officer and space cowboy Elon Musk informs in the manufacturer's third quarter shareholder letter that Tesla has a hard time keeping demand in check. With demand for both the Model S and its new twin-engined, all-wheel drive variant expected to hike by 50 percent next year, the Fremont assembly complex is in dire need of ramping things up with more robots and a larger workforce.
"In anticipation of this effort, we now expect Model X deliveries to start in Q3 of 2015"
"We prefer to forgo revenue, rather than bring a product to market that does not delight customers. Doing so negatively affects the short term, but positively affects the long term," declared boy wonder Elon Mush on both of the previously mentioned problems. Nevertheless, all is well in electric vehicle wonderland. We anticipate the Model X to be a super hot seller due to its trick Falcon wing doors and crossover looks.
To boot, the powertrain is going to be an adaptation of what we seen on the dual motor Tesla Model S. In its top-spec variant – the Model S P85D, the luxury electric sedan will do a 0 to 60 mph (96 km/h) run of just 3.2 seconds. That's how the 2015 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat lost its crown as the fastest sedan in the world to an electric piece of kit. Mind you, the P85D costs twice as much as the 707 HP brawler from Dodge.
Tesla Motors expects that combined demand for the Model S and future Model X will see the Fremont factory manufacture "more than 2,000 vehicles per week by the end of 2015." Lastly, Elon Musk noted that workers started pouring concrete for the foundation of the Nevada-based Gigafactory.
According to in-house estimates, Tesla will produce the first battery cell here in 2016, which is a bit earlier than originally scheduled. Japanese giant Panasonic lended Tesla its know-how in making batteries, as well as manufacturing solutions and a cool $1 billion to ensure the Gigafactory project happens.
"In anticipation of this effort, we now expect Model X deliveries to start in Q3 of 2015"
"We prefer to forgo revenue, rather than bring a product to market that does not delight customers. Doing so negatively affects the short term, but positively affects the long term," declared boy wonder Elon Mush on both of the previously mentioned problems. Nevertheless, all is well in electric vehicle wonderland. We anticipate the Model X to be a super hot seller due to its trick Falcon wing doors and crossover looks.
To boot, the powertrain is going to be an adaptation of what we seen on the dual motor Tesla Model S. In its top-spec variant – the Model S P85D, the luxury electric sedan will do a 0 to 60 mph (96 km/h) run of just 3.2 seconds. That's how the 2015 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat lost its crown as the fastest sedan in the world to an electric piece of kit. Mind you, the P85D costs twice as much as the 707 HP brawler from Dodge.
Tesla Motors expects that combined demand for the Model S and future Model X will see the Fremont factory manufacture "more than 2,000 vehicles per week by the end of 2015." Lastly, Elon Musk noted that workers started pouring concrete for the foundation of the Nevada-based Gigafactory.
According to in-house estimates, Tesla will produce the first battery cell here in 2016, which is a bit earlier than originally scheduled. Japanese giant Panasonic lended Tesla its know-how in making batteries, as well as manufacturing solutions and a cool $1 billion to ensure the Gigafactory project happens.
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