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How is that an SUV?
If it's an "SUV" where do I strap my kayak and bike? Mercedes did it better in 1955.
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A "green" car feeding on polluted markets. Touching.
It makes sense to me to target the areas that are worse off with regards to pollution first with green technology. Am I missing something?
Too bad the Tesla would probably be charged from a coal plant somewhere in Hebei with bad pollution controls.
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A "green" car feeding on polluted markets. Touching.
It makes sense to me to target the areas that are worse off with regards to pollution first with green technology. Am I missing something?
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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.
Additionally, the Model X appears to be significantly faster than the similarly-priced Cayenne Turbo S. Cayenne Turbo S (the fastest Cayenne model) does 0-60 in 3.8 seconds. [1] The Model X P90D also does it in 3.8 seconds, or 3.2 with the speed upgrade, which costs $10k on other Tesla models, [2] bringing the total Model X price to $152k to the Porsche's $157k. [1] http://www.porsche.com/usa/models/cayenne/cayenne-t…
Cool as this is, the only thing that sketches me out is the "automatic braking" feature. If I go to avoid something and it slams on the brakes, isn't that going to totally change my trajectory possibly causing an accident? Or a false positive causing heavy braking which someone could be surprised by and overcorrect for causing an accident?
You might not be wrong, but your concern seems reminiscent of the fears raised when seatbelts became mandatory: That someone would get into an accident where the car went into a lake or pond, and the seatbelt trapped the occupants inside the sinking car. That is, it's a legitimate fear, but such a rare occurrence that the benefit of seatbelts far, far outweigh the risk of this sort of uncommon scenario.
It depends on your driving style.
Seven seats car seems to address a very small niche.
Are there any advantages to the gullwing doors compared to sliding doors other than "sliding doors aren't cool"? They say "minivan style sliding doors open at most halfway", but there are plenty of minivan doors that open quite wide.
It should give more clearence for getting into the car; and better access to the third row
All it takes is a billionaire genius with twin kids and a car company to finally engineer a real solution to the hassle of having room to put kids in the car seats. I sure hope some of these ideas come in a slightly more affordable version. Amazing how many of the innovations are just everyday things like crash safety, air quality, blind holster your phone, trailer hitch that doesn't suck, and easier to get kids in t…
Biggest headache? The kids buckling themselves. The seatbelt always locks (they pull too fast), the buckles get smushed into the seat bench, and before you know it I have exited the car, just to help them put it altogether.