It’s a somewhat common industry practice for automakers to purchase the offerings of rival automakers in order to tear them down, to try to get an idea of things that can be stolen, etc. While it probably comes […]
Originally published on CleanTechnica. The Model X has been a drag on Tesla deliveries in recent months, with the expected Oct/Nov/Dec ’15 launch essentially a non-start, with fewer than 1,000 delivered by the end of calendar 2015. […]
Originally published on CleanTechnica. Pointing out some simple day-to-day things that make the Tesla Model X special, a new owner of a Model X brings the new model to life with beautiful photography and videography. In “Tesla Model […]
The Tesla Model X SUV’s Falcon Wing doors have been a target of criticism all the way back to when they were first revealed, several years ago. Many have argued that the doors are impractical, and […]
Tesla has issued a voluntary recall for around 2,700 early Model Xs following failed internal company strength testing of the third-row seats. The issue in question pertains to Model X SUVs produced before March 26th — […]
Originally published on CleanTechnica. The Tesla Model X is actually quite different from the Model S. That was one of the key takeaways for Kyle and me while test driving the electric SUV in Santa Barbara. […]
Going by recent (but now deleted) tweets from Tesla CEO Elon Musk, the Model X online configurator is slated to go live on the company’s website today. The new online configurator will reportedly be very similar […]
Electric car sales in the US were a mixed bag again in March. Several plug-in hybrid models, led by the Chevy Volt, had a strong month and first quarter, but several fully electric models saw lower sales […]
China has begun to receive its first Tesla Model Xs, going by new images that recently cropped up on a Chinese discussion forum showing two of the electric SUVs at the Beijing airport cargo terminal. The […]
The top position for electric vehicle sales in Germany for the month of February 2016 was, surprisingly, held by the Audi A3 e-tron, with 210 units sold during the month in the market. This was followed […]
A member on the Tesla Motors Club forum by the name of “Karl-Heinz” recently started a thread noting that Model X configuration in the European Union was now open — following his receipt of a request […]
Those considering purchasing a Tesla Model X may be interested to know that CEO Elon Musk recently shared his preferences as far as configuration options go, on Twitter of course. The comments were characteristically rather candid, […]
US electric car sales (pure electrics and plug-in hybrids) rose 4.4% in February 2016 vs February 2015, but that slight change masks large variations by type of EV. 100% electric cars dove 14% (4479 sales in Feb 2016 vs […]
Originally published on CleanTechnica. By Rogier van Rooij Although it will probably still take some more months for Tesla Motors to deliver its first Model Xs to European customers, two of the company’s electric SUVs have already been […]
As we all know, Tesla Model X production was delayed for years. I’ve seen strong arguments that was strategic (Model S demand was much higher than initially anticipated) more than forced, but very few people know […]
