Showing that it is more nimble and more willing to use its nimbleness than perhaps any other carmaker on the planet, Tesla has announced that it will bring an electric SUV to market in 2015.
First revealed in February 2012 as a concept car, the Model X SUV/Minivan will ride upon the present-day Model S chassis that may have been fitted with an additional, optional electric motor increasing the power of its four-wheel drive. Further separating it from the Tesla Model S sedan is its rear side doors, dubbed the “falcon wing,” and an additional row of adult-sized seats.
Full production of the Model X SUV/Minivan is scheduled to start in December 2014.
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About the author: Andrew Greene
Now playing the role of grumpy old man in the foothills of Northern California’s Gold Country, Andrew has had a life-long love affair with vehicles of all sorts, from the bicycle he pedaled across the continent in 1991 to the armored personnel carriers he drove in the Army to the bamboo rafts, elephants, motorcycle taxis, ferries and buses he traveled by during the 13 years he lived and worked in South East Asia. Always eager to learn more about how the people of the world get from here to there in their day-today lives, he, a professional journalist, has been covering the vehicle industry for years.
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