Model X Mule Sightings

[Grendal]

Somebody in the Volkswagen enthusiast group posted some photos of Model X mule, interestingly enough, in the same line of traffic behind a LEAF.

http://insideevs.com/spotted-tesla-model-x-next-nissan-leaf/

A perfect example of how perspective is everything. In the first picture it looks like the Model X mule is only slightly larger than the Leaf. In the other pictures you can see it is a lot more large.

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If they had Michigan plates, I wonder if they are back from a testing round there?

The mule indeed looks quite banged up... Did a quick lens and perspective adjust on the thing and I'd say in the photo the car looks so big because the camera lens had magnified the nose and made the rear look tiny in comparison.

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I see no reason to think this is not a Model X. Especially if they were testing in Michigan... considering the Model 3 roadmap, it is hard to see why they'd have taken Model 3 mules there this yearly.

Here too, I think it is clear that these are the same car just a slight change in perspective. Look at the guys arm and see it is almost the same size as the door handle.

 

[Paul Carter]

Somebody in the Volkswagen enthusiast group posted some photos of Model X mule, interestingly enough, in the same line of traffic behind a LEAF.

http://insideevs.com/spotted-tesla-model-x-next-nissan-leaf/

Was already posted earlier:

Posted on TM forums by Gert van Veen | May 27, 2015

VWVortex.com - Tesla Model X finally spotted testing

 

[Jersey Girl]

I think I saw a Model X getting loaded on my way home today. I tried to get close up snaps but the interior came out dark. The guy ratcheting down the car screamed at me lol. This hauler had Arizona plates. There was nothing I could see in the back except wiring & aluminum foil. It sort of sucks being short :-/

 

[MorrisonHiker]

I think I saw a Model X getting loaded on my way home today. I tried to get close up snaps but the interior came out dark. The guy ratcheting down the car screamed at me lol. This hauler had Arizona plates. There was nothing I could see in the back except wiring & aluminum foil. It sort of sucks being short :-/

Good find. Maybe you should get a selfie stick so you can see inside next time!

Thanks for pics of the X!

 

[MartinAustin]

I think I saw a Model X getting loaded on my way home today. I tried to get close up snaps but the interior came out dark. The guy ratcheting down the car screamed at me lol. This hauler had Arizona plates. There was nothing I could see in the back except wiring & aluminum foil. It sort of sucks being short :-/

Great pictures, nonetheless.

Am I wrong, or do the door handles look like they match up really, really well? The whole falcon wing door fit and finish looks more or less perfect. Better than any prior videos and photos of other Model X's that I've seen, so far, anyway. It's a white car so it can been scrutinised a lot more closely, too.

 

[aronth5]

I call it the Hermoine purse effect. The Model X is simply bigger on the inside than the outside. When I was at the original reveal event, and standing right next to the car, I could not believe it could hold seven adults and luggage. Then I climbed inside myself, into the third row, and sat there amazed!

"the Hermoine purse effect" I like that. My wife is a big Harry Potter fan. Now with this purse effect information maybe I can get her interested in Tesla. So far no luck, she just wonders why I spend so much time on the forum!

 

[ohmman]

I tried to get close up snaps but the interior came out dark. The guy ratcheting down the car screamed at me lol. This hauler had Arizona plates. There was nothing I could see in the back except wiring & aluminum foil. It sort of sucks being short :-/

Well done! The thing that stands out to me is the amount of greasy fingerprints all over the chrome and paint. This thing is being heavily used.

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Also.. what is that interior frame I'm seeing? Almost as if there's a window on the interior that is not the same as the one on the shell. Does anyone else see that?

 

[vandacca]

Nice work Jersey Girl! I see you are getting less fearful of the big truck drivers. What I find interesting is the rectangular panel in the trailer near the ceiling. It has something like 26 big gauge wires going out from it. Anyone know what this is for? You don't think that they use this to charge the cars while they're in tow, do you?

 

[NigelM]

What I find interesting is the rectangular panel in the trailer near the ceiling. It has something like 26 big gauge wires going out from it. Anyone know what this is for? You don't think that they use this to charge the cars while they're in tow, do you?

That's the hydraulics system for loading cars, there are two levels inside the covered transporter just like on the open ones.

 

[leh22a]

I think I saw a Model X getting loaded on my way home today. I tried to get close up snaps but the interior came out dark. The guy ratcheting down the car screamed at me lol. This hauler had Arizona plates. There was nothing I could see in the back except wiring & aluminum foil. It sort of sucks being short :-/

He screamed at you!! LoL! I love it!!

 

[ohmman]

My new theory, based on those few photos: the car is skinned on the exterior. That's a possible reason we're seeing misalignment on the panels and such - those are actually just false panels. I'm not saying this applies to all of the exterior, and this whole idea is definitely over the conspiracy line for me (AR, have you subconsciously infected me? :smile, but something looks weird there. It could be that the eventual trim pieces clean the look up and when the doors close they cover that whole pillar, but.. there's a lot of overlap there, isn't there?

 

[anticitizen13.7]

He screamed at you!! LoL! I love it!!

Heh. If someone screamed at me in public I would pay back with interest and probably say things I can't print here.

 

[NigelM]

I'm not convinced anymore that that's a camera at the top right of the door.

 

[TDR32]

I hear ya princess.

But since you'll be the first after Musk, JB, Passin, Guillen and Jurvetson ti get the X I'm sure you can post some sensible and balanced information

Post? I bet she just drives for the first few weeks of ownership. Bonnie will probably be the first to go cross country in the x.

 

[bonnie]

Post? I bet she just drives for the first few weeks of ownership. Bonnie will probably be the first to go cross country in the x.

Nailed it.

 

[Tim Alguire]

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I think I saw a Model X getting loaded on my way home today. I tried to get close up snaps but the interior came out dark. The guy ratcheting down the car screamed at me lol. This hauler had Arizona plates. There was nothing I could see in the back except wiring & aluminum foil. It sort of sucks being short :-/

I lightened the the first picture and clearly no rear view mirror.

 

[ATC@LWSK]

Ok, it appears to be smaller then the X, but it's not the Model E.

how about Model XS?!

Maybe Tesla will surprise everyone by offering two versions of the Model X, a regular 7-seater, and a smaller 5-seater, like the one in the picture)!

 

[AnxietyRanger]

I'm not convinced anymore that that's a camera at the top right of the door.

I think it could be the attachment hole for a camera.

Similar to the way front wheelwell sensor left a hole in one of the mules when it was removed.

Model X mule(s) show signs of nVidia Tegra X1 Drive PX platform - no rear mirror! - Page 11

 

[1208]

I call it the Hermoine purse effect. The Model X is simply bigger on the inside than the outside. When I was at the original reveal event, and standing right next to the car, I could not believe it could hold seven adults and luggage. Then I climbed inside myself, into the third row, and sat there amazed!

Which is a rip off of Mary Poppins' bag. :smile:

 

[Gerasimental]

Jersey Girl, thanks for the new pics of Model X. 2 sightings in 2 days is it?

I particularly like the funky wavy window-line visible in pictures 3 and 4.