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In general, I'd say it does. Tesla is special, but changing production lines is turning a big ship, no matter how nimble you are.
eye.surgeon
Active Member
Tesla still builds cars using pressings, castings, robots, suppliers, and assembly lines, same as everyone else, with the constraints that those require. There will be no last minute changes of any substance at this point, at least not to body panels or major components.
gavine
Petrol Head turned EV Enthusiast
bonnie
I play a nice person on twitter.
I agree - stuff doesn't change this close to production. I'm sure the production version is locked down and going through testing. But I don't think we've seen THAT version on the road. I think what we've seen is something heavily camoflauged to the point of using repurposed body panels.
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I don't think anyone is saying that those types of changes are happening. Only that what we see on the road and what is actually being produced are two different beasts. What we see on the road looks to be using the body panels from the early prototypes. No dies were made to stamp those out.
Yuri_G
Member
You believe Tesla is using prototype panels so enthusiasts and reservation holders don't see the beta/production exterior of the X before it is officially unveiled? Sounds like far too much trouble to me.
bonnie
I play a nice person on twitter.
Yes, I believe that what we are seeing is what they want us to be seeing. And Elon doesn't want anything ANYTHING leaked regarding the Model X.
I think the exterior will look very much like the car Elon unveiled years ago which resembles the car on the Tesla website which also resembles the serious MX sightings. There will be small differences-- like light and mirror placements but nothing major.
I won't predict the way the interior will look.
I won't predict the way the interior will look.
I must admit I was one of the people who were looking forward to a different body shape, the egg-shape of the concept just didnt click with me. But over time I have warmed to it and only just in the last day or so I actually prefer it to the usual SUV wagon shape.
imagine if it was released looking more like the traditional two box SUV design, I think that would be very boring now.
the concerns about lack of third row headroom are probably a little to do with the optical illusion of the Falcon doors, the doors are quite long and unlike traditional doors, their opening encompasses a lot of the the third row cargo area. Because we are used to rear doors only giving second row access, the Model X third row is further forward than it looks.
imagine if it was released looking more like the traditional two box SUV design, I think that would be very boring now.
the concerns about lack of third row headroom are probably a little to do with the optical illusion of the Falcon doors, the doors are quite long and unlike traditional doors, their opening encompasses a lot of the the third row cargo area. Because we are used to rear doors only giving second row access, the Model X third row is further forward than it looks.
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To those people who think we haven't seen the final design and it will shock us. Science says the only possibility of what it therefore must look like in order to shock people is...
How convenient that the driver looks like Elon...
So you see they are testing the X on the roads the problem is you all are looking out for wrong car
How convenient that the driver looks like Elon...
So you see they are testing the X on the roads the problem is you all are looking out for wrong car
To those people who think we haven't seen the final design and it will shock us. Science says the only possibility of what it therefore must look like in order to shock people is...
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How convenient that the driver looks like Elon...
So you see they are testing the X on the roads the problem is you all are looking out for wrong car
But but but... I was promised the falcon doors would make it to production. These doors are very clearly front hinged.
Unless they have fake front hinges for style purposes?
JRP3
Hyperactive Member
Maybe it is being road tested, only in extremely remote locations where there are no people. One very hot location and one very cold, with road course test tracks long enough to allow some sustained full speed runs, and various surfaces. A small crew of drivers could do 24 hour testing, an average speed of say 50 mph would produce 1200 miles a day, 36,000 miles in a month.
bonnie
I play a nice person on twitter.
I did not say they were not road testing the real Model X. I am saying that I believe what we're reporting as 'the real Model X' is not the real Model X.
Perhaps "FINAL" might be a better word there... Otherwise, you sound a tad conspiracy nutty
Please note: the Model-S has been constantly evolving with minor (and some major) upgrades from day 1 (e.g. power mirrors, heated steering wheel, auto-pilot, etc.). Most car companies make no changes until the following production year. Therefore, I think it would be a mistake to think that Tesla will behave like any other car company.
I agree that there will be no major changes at this point and I very much doubt there will be anything new added, but what is the point of testing if they have no intention of fixing/changing the design if a problem is found? Personally, I think the only problems they may find is with the integration of certain systems and that will all be internal to the vehicle and not easily visible from the outside.
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bonnie
I play a nice person on twitter.
Perhaps "FINAL" might be a better word there... Otherwise, you sound a tad conspiracy nutty
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
My guess is that the car in this video is a production intent prototype.
Tesla Model X spied up close in California
It's got a vinyl wrap but no obvious false panels or other disguises. I just can't see them spending the time and effort to come up with a "fake" Model X this close to the production launch.
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