Tesla Model X
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The 2015 Tesla Model X could be a bigger success than the Model S, according to Morgan Stanley.
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Tesla's Smaller Electric Sedan To Have 'Realistic' Pricing Next To BMW, Audi
Tesla might have abandoned its trademark to the 'Model E' name for its planned smaller electric sedan, but the car itself is still very much on Tesla's radar. It's likely to be on buyers' radars too when it makes its expected debut in late 2016, priced to compete with conventional rivals like BMW's...
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When Will Plug-In Electric SUVs And Crossovers Go On Sale?
Have patience, all you SUV and crossover fans who desperately want one that plugs in and runs electrically. They're coming, but you've got a year to wait--or perhaps a bit less, with luck. Only two vehicles remotely qualify today as plug-in crossovers or SUVs, and neither offers all-wheel drive--a...
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Tesla Sales On Target, Gigafactory Groundbreaking Next Month: FINAL UPDATE
Tesla Motors released its first-quarter earnings this afternoon, logging revenue of $713 million on deliveries of 6,457 Model S electric cars. That's essentially the number it had said it would sell in the quarter, but the total is slightly down from the record 6,892 sold in the prior quarter. It...
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Tesla Model X Was Tougher To Design Than Model S, Musk Says
If the Roadster was Tesla's early gigging days and the Model S the debut release from a hot new band, the Model X crossover could be considered Tesla's 'difficult second album'. Elon Musk has even hinted so himself, suggesting the car presents "a harder design problem than the Model S". According...
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2015 Tesla Model X Crossover Reservations: 13,000, Maybe
For an electric sedan priced above the reach of many people, sales of the Tesla Model S have been rather impressive so far. That relative popularity should also carry over to the firm's upcoming crossover, the 2015 Tesla Model X. The Tesla Motors Club is tracking Model X reservations, and so far...
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With less than a year to go before the first production Tesla Model X all-electric crossover utility vehicles are scheduled to roll off the assembly line, the company has confirmed that every Model X will come standard with all-wheel drive. Previously, four driven wheels were listed as an option, with a base Model X offered with rear-wheel drive only. MORE: 2015 Tesla Model X Prototype Seen Testing On Southern California Roads That's the setup that now powers the Model S electric luxury sedan, whose platform the Model X will adopt. Our reader Cameron Brown noticed that the two-wheel-drive...
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Targeting Tesla Model X: 2017 Audi Q8 e-tron All-Electric Crossover Utility
For the most part, the selection of truly practical electric vehicles--or even hybrids, for that matter--has been relatively poor. In terms of all-electric crossovers, there's the Toyota RAV4 EV and... well, the Toyota RAV4 EV. That'll change when Tesla launches its Model X crossover and now German...
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2015 Tesla Model X Prototype Seen Testing On Southern California Roads
An Instagram user spotted a 2015 Tesla Model X prototype on public roads near the company's design center.
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Tesla Earnings Call: Lithium-Ion Cell 'Giga-Plant' Needed For Future Production
Tesla held its third-quarter earnings call yesterday evening, and CEO Elon Musk stayed pretty much on message. He reiterated that Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] continues to produce its Model S electric luxury sedan, at a current rate of 550 cars per week, and that it is working steadily to reduce the...
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Latest Tesla Model X Prototype Shown At Palo Alto Store Opening
Hundreds of owners and fans alike turned up for the opening of a new Tesla Store in Palo Alto, California, this past Saturday. They weren't all there just to see the store, though. Many focused on the store's centerpiece--the latest prototype of the Tesla Model X crossover, the next car in Tesla...
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Tesla Takes The Lead On Dumping Door Mirrors For Video Cameras
The rear-view mirror has now been with us exactly 100 years, having first been introduced in 1914, and it hasn't changed much in all that time. It's a small area of mirrored glass--three of them now, actually--for the purpose of seeing through the rear window or along each side of the car without...
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With the delay of its Model X crossover until "late in 2014," it may look as if Tesla's product pipeline is running dry. But we suspect the Silicon Valley startup electric-car company will offer a few new variants on its sole product, the Model S luxury sport sedan. And an obvious next step for Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] would be to add the option of all-wheel drive to the Model S. The company has already revealed that the Model X crossover--built on the same underpinnings as today's Model S sedan--will have the option of all-wheel drive. Tesla has engineered the car's floorpan and suspension...
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Tesla Model X Electric Crossover Pushed Back A Year To Late 2014
Now that Tesla appears to be delivering hundreds of its Model S electric sport sedan each week, public attention inevitably turns to its future. Specifically, the next vehicle it plans to launch, the Model X all-electric crossover utility vehicle--which will offer optional all-wheel drive. But...
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Tesla Model X Electric Crossover New Interior: Detroit Auto Show Live Pictures
Unveiled live at the 2013 Detroit Auto Show, Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] is giving us new ideas as to what the interior of its Model X crossover may look like. Tesla calls it an "interior exploration", giving a hint as to the different colors and trim materials you can expect from the production Model...
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Tesla Free Supercharger Network Now Officially Open, Ready To Use
Just under a month ago, Tesla Motors held a gala event at its Hawthorne, California design studio to mark the switching on of its proprietary Supercharger rapid charging network. On Friday, Tesla held official ribbon cutting ceremonies at four of its six initial Supercharger locations, making them...
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Tesla Gets $10 Million Of California Cash To Build Model X Crossover
Yesterday, the California Energy Commission approved a $10 million grant to Tesla Motors which it said would help the electric automaker prepare for the launch of its second mass-produced car, the Tesla Model X Crossover SUV. Under the terms of the agreement, Tesla will have to match the $10...
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Tesla Will Sell 5 Models In 2016; Small SUV And Sports Car Added
Along with the news that Tesla expects to build 80 Model S electric cars this week, CEO Elon Musk also released a few more details of the company's plans for additional models in 2016. Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA] has already said that it will launch the Model X crossover within the next year or so...
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Tesla Motors released its 2011 financial results today and held a conference call this evening for financial analysts to question officials. A number of interesting items emerged, largely from CEO Elon Musk. Perhaps the most significant is Musk's claim that Tesla won't need to raise any more capital. "Tesla does not need to ever raise another funding round," he said in response to a question on the company's cash position, liquidity, and rate of cash burn. "We may want to do so, but we are in a strong cash position, and we don't need to." Musk also said the relationship between the U.S...
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Video: Tesla Model X Prototype In Motion
First deliveries for Tesla’s all-electric Model X crossover are still a couple of years away, but the Silicon Valley-based automaker was already hard at work selling it to potential buyers at last week’s party-style premiere, held at the automaker’s design studios in Hawthorne...
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After Model X, Tesla To Sell Cheaper Electric; 2015 Roadster To Follow
Tesla's upcoming product plans seem designed for maximum stability, so don't expect to see a new Roadster until after the launch of Tesla's affordable Gen 3 car.
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2014 Tesla Model X All-Electric Gullwing SUV: New Info, Photos
“We’ve got a rocketship next door, and you know as Governor Moonbeam that I like rocketships,” quipped California Governor Jerry Brown, at the introduction of the upcoming 2014 Tesla Model S, gesturing toward the big SpaceX facility next door to Tesla’s Southern California...
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Tesla: We’re Making a New 2015 Roadster, Plus 3-Series Beaters
Tesla’s first electric car, the 2007-2011 Roadster, may have ceased production after its planned 2,500 (ish) car production run, but the Tesla Roadster will live on in an all-new car for 2014, Tesla has confirmed. In an interview with Autocar, Tesla CEO Elon Musk confirmed what we already...
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2012 Tesla Model S To Use Panasonic Lithium-Ion Battery Cells
Well, this one's not a big shock: Tesla Motors announced yesterday that its 2012 Model S electric sport sedan would use Panasonic lithium-ion cells in its battery pack. Panasonic is one of several companies that have invested in Tesla, and the two companies had announced in 2009 that they would...
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