Elon Musk says Tesla’s newest Model X is aimed at an underserved market: women

[Lump]

Elon Musk says Teslas newest Model X is aimed at an underserved market: women - The Washington Post

Tesla designers gathered a women's focus group at its headquarters in Palo Alto, Calif., last year to survey which aspects of the Model X the group found most appealing.

Because it's heavier, it will not be able to go as far on a single charge as the Model S: Its range is expected to be between 170 and 230 miles, depending on the size of its battery pack.

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[CmdrThor]

Don't worry, the article also claimed it would start at $70,000, which is $5,000 below the entry level Model S. It's also odd the article claims Tesla said this week there are about 20,000 reservations when they said that a year ago.

 

[Lump]

Using Tesla math...70D starts at $55k after incentives & gas savings.

 

[MrBoylan]

Old news. Just a way for the author - who is probably paid on number of impressions or ad revenue share - to put out an article with "Tesla" in the title and thereby garner traffic and ad revenue during a relatively slow day for Tesla news. There are a lot of sites and authors that do this: rehash old material with click bait titles that make you think they are "news."

I'm not a woman (but I am fond fond of them... one in particular) and I'm also fond of the Tesla Model X.

-CB

 

[1208]

Misread it as undeserved and was going to rage at sexism towards women.

 

[Red Sage]

These aren't the droids you are looking for... Move along.

 

[ronmerkord]

Here is the original article on the X being directed toward women, from the San Jose Mercury News last year.

Women waiting in the wings for Tesla's Model X - San Jose Mercury News

I remember this article because they interviewed my wife Lisa for it.

Ron
SigX # 1015