Tesla Releases Model X

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After much anticipation, Tesla Motors (NASDAQ:TSLA) has released its Model X SUV. As Wired reported, Tesla fans were quite pleased with the results. The $130,000 vehicle charges in 30 minutes, and goes 257 miles on a single charge.

After much anticipation, Tesla Motors (NASDAQ:TSLA) has released its Model X SUV. As Wired reported, Tesla fans were quite pleased with the results. The $130,000 vehicle charges in 30 minutes, and goes 257 miles on a single charge.
As quoted in the publication:

Those people now own a $130,000 electric vehicle that will go 250 miles on a charge, carry seven people and haul more stuff than anyone but a hoarder might want with him. And although the X shares much of its DNA with the impressive Model S P90D sedan, in many ways it eclipses that phenomenal car. It’s not just the design, which is futuristic without being weird. It’s not just the performance, which isholy shit fast. And it’s not even the dramatic “falcon” doors that lift like the wings of a bird.
It’s how all of those features come together in a vehicle that somehow makes an SUV not just cool, but desirable.
But then, that’s what Tesla does.
“The mission of Tesla is to accelerate the advent of sustainable transport,” CEO Elon Musk said at the car’s reveal, held at the company’s factory in Fremont, California. “It’s important to know that any kind of car can go electric.”

Click here for the full Wired article.

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