Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors, is on a mission of ludicrous proportions. Apparently, the upcoming Tesla Model X SUV will also have the 2016 Model S’ “Ludicrous Mode” to make it the fastest SUV in the world. It will outpace its hard-hitting SUV competitors such as the BMW X5 M, X6 M, Porsche Cayenne Turbo S and Mercedes-AMG GLE 63 S.
According to Caradvice, Musk, confirmed that the Model X is on schedule to be introduced later this year, and despite its slightly higher weight over the Model S, its overall performance will not be affected much.
“We will offer the “Ludicrous Mode” on the Model X, and as it will be 10% heavier, you’ll expect the X to do 3.2 or 3.3 seconds from 0-96 km/h, due to the higher centre of gravity,” said Musk.
He goes on to say while the energy usage per mile will be roughly 10% higher than the Model S, the Model X will have a “five or six percent greater battery packing,” so the net range impact will only be around four or five percent compared to the sedan. As such, the top-spec Model X should be able to manage at least 400 km on a single charge.
Interestingly, Musk points out that only 30% of parts will be shared between the X and S models. “At the end of the day we originally thought the X would have a lot of commonality with the S, but in order to make the X great we really had to go to the point where only 30% of parts are common,” he added.
As reported earlier, every Model X will come with all-wheel drive as standard, powered by two independent, digitally controlled electric motors. The highlight will ultimately be its ‘Falcon Wing’ rear doors, which fold up and out of the way to allow easy access to its third row seats.
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The design is not appealing at all for an suv
Typical Malaysian mentality: Only concern on the look, exterior, design. Thus Proton keep on marketing on their design, look but nothing inside the car/beneath the bonnet.
You will see quite a lot here prefer the Cerato over the BMW i8, due to LOOK.
cerato vs bmw i8? wow..never tot ppl will compare cerato over i8. U have the greatest mentality. i suggest u discover a very famous n legendary kiddie story entitled ‘the emperors new clothes’..it really suit u
Not a good design for SUV because those really cool doors destroy any potential to put gear on the roof. The coolest AND most stupid doors ever. Model x will be a better passenger car than suv. But tesla already has an apple-like cult following, so peeps (fans) will flock to buy anyway.
Exactly, they contradict their first slogan “utility”. Shame
Yuk..Looks like over-inflated Model S..
What only 400 km, that’s not enough..I travel 500km daily !