Seven seats car seems to address a very small niche.
Most SUVs are seven seaters. Even most minivan's are now 7 seater.
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That is pretty amazing pricing. Most premium families would be looking to the Land Rover Evoque ($41K), BMW X5 ($54K) etc But Tesla is pricing it not to compete with the baseline Porsche Cayenne ($58K) but around the Cayenne Turbo S level ($157K). I guess they aren't planning on building a lot of them.
> premium families For a second I thought you are referring to 'premium family' as some kind of a social category.
Now I see Tesla's fatal strategic mistake for the Model X - it didn't make a Rose-Gold one.
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#63I guess Tesla isn't going to get around to making a car that normal people can afford anytime soon, then.
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#64>> 5,000lb towing capacity Curious as to what happens to the range when you're towing a pair of jetskis.
Fun fact: The MPG of my full size truck decreases by almost 50% when towing.
So if the Tesla gets better than 50% of it's range while towing, I'll be impressed.
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I believe it's because pumping filtered air from the outside faster than it can escape from the cabin creates the positive internal pressure.
How is that a bioweapon defense then? Do HEPA filters work against bioweapons?
Probably depends on the bioweapon. For instance, I'd expect it to be effective against anthrax spores, which was the most recent bioweapons scare we had.
You're still using outside air, but by maintaining positive pressure you ensure that it's only coming in through the filter, rather than a mix of air intake and leaky joints.
This will be used 99% for skunks.
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#66How is that an SUV?
SUV = obese car. This is an obese car, therefore its a SUV. There are snarkier ways, like a car is a vehicle where 75% of the seats are empty almost all the time, whereas a SUV is a vehicle where 85% of the seats are empty almost all the time, so the cutoff is around 80% usually empty. Slightly more seriously a SUV can be defined as a car that has a towing rating approved by the mfgr. I've never owned a car where the…
Counterpoint: my Volvo has a 1540lb towing rating approved by Volvo. It is not an SUV.
The lines are ambiguous. "SUVs" nowadays range from minivans that don't look like minivans (crossovers) like the Ford Edge to actual SUVs like the Jeep Grand Cherokee. My personal definition is if you can take it off road on a trail with no mods and there is no bed, it's definitely an SUV. If you can't realistically take it on a trail, it's a crossover.
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Yah I found that a bit paranoid. Probably what happened though is that the system is controlled by a microcontroller and it took 3 minutes for some programmer to add that feature for fun, and then some marketer thought they would throw it in and make it real.
Except how is it generating positive internal pressure without storing compressed air somewhere?
They are probably storing compressed air in the cabin. You start the bioweapon-defense-mode, the fan raises the pressure in the cabin ( that uses outside air) and then shuts off. (Or they store a little bit of air somewhere, perhaps for the breaks, and use that.)
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#68Okay.. I'm a Model S owner and I love Tesla and I chuckled at the whole Insane mode and gave a bit of an amused snort at Ludicrous mode. This, however, really makes me wonder WTH is going on there: HEPA Air Filters "There are three modes: circulate with outside air, re-circulate inside air and a bioweapon defense mode that creates positive pressure inside the cabin to protect occupants ." EDIT: Very fair points about…
They are aiming this car at Chinese buyers I bet. The last mode would definitely get lots of use in Beijing.
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#69Those jeering idiots in the audience are so cringe-y. There is no need to cheer at literally everything Musk says. For example, showing you can get into the car is something I would expect.
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#70> $132,000 for the P90D Signature and $142,000 for the P90D Founder edition [0] [0]: http://www.engadget.com/2015/09/30/tesla-model-x-electric-su...
Pricing for standard models was noted to be only 5k more than Model S equivalent.