New Tesla Model X – then it should be done – Expressen

Tesla’s long-awaited SUV Model X is delayed. We thought. For now, says CEO Elon Musk of Tesla will keep its schedule and start building the car already about three to four months.

– Tesla Model X will be a better suv than the Model S is a sedan, said Musk at a meeting of its shareholders.

The meeting took place in Mountain View, California, and the statement surprised. Tesla showed a concept car already in February 2012 and the Model X was expected for 2014. But now it seems Tesla to be clear – finally. Several customers to the car allegedly had to wait for over three years.

According to Elon Musk, the first deliveries of the car made during the third quarter of 2015th

Many of Tesla’s competitors fast now developing electricity SUVs to meeting the Model X. The latest in the line is the Audi to have a car in the Q5-sized ready early 2018. And recently revealed a German newspaper that BMW is working hard to have time to produce an electric SUV to be manufactured in the US and meet the Model X.

Elon Musk has invested large amounts and including expanded its battery production for the Model X launch. Tesla Model X is aimed primarily at women which is different compared to the Model S, which most attracted male buyers. Women like SUVs and according to Elon Musk, half of köpordrarna Model X from women.

But the Model X is not the only new car that Tesla is working with. Development draws on a Model 3, a medium- to be completed in 2017. Model 3 will be the cheapest Tesla car.

During the meeting with the shareholders Musk revealed that an update of the software in the Model S is going on. Updates apply to all additional functions for different assistance systems for the driver and the so-called autopilot.

Bilbranschanalytiker have also speculated that Tesla will be bought up by one of the major technology companies on the day the Model X is ready for launch. The hottest bidder claimed to be Apple but also Google may choose to approach the car industry through an investment in Tesla.

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