Model X Mule Sightings

[trils0n]

Is it just my aging eyes, or is there a badge that has been blurred out on the lower right portion of the hatch?

That is a dirty windshield on the camera car.

 

[AnxietyRanger]

Unfortunately those images are too low-resolution to yield anything new. Even the wheels may seem a bit disproportionate at distance/low-res (an extreme example was the first Model X mule sighting someone thought would be a Model 3 because of this).

Anyone have high-res originals?

Also, can someone post the images of the parked Model X mule underneath a cover? That might be interesting to check out closely.

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Sure it's not a new fancy electromagneticchromatic360degreeinfraredlaswremittingultrasonic sensor? Lets speculate some more!

Your contribution is much appreciated. I have never understood why detailed analysis bugs some people on TMC. I just don't get it.

I have never witnessed it on any other car forum.

My take is, TMC really isn't a car forum - the fabric of the people here come from a little different background and that may be why.

 

[HankLloydRight]

I can't believe you guys missed this. If you "zoom-->enhance" the area of the rear door sill, there are some numbers. You can just make out they are: 8818

And in case you didn't know, "8818" is the internal project code for the Turbo Encabulator.

So clearly Tesla is stepping up their game by using inverse reactive current for use in unilateral phase detractors to dynamically recharge the batteries and extend the range of the Model X.

Magneto-reluctance and capacitive-directance is very exciting.

 

[EchoDelta]

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I can't believe you guys missed this. If you "zoom-->enhance" the area of the rear door sill, there are some numbers. You can just make out they are: 8818

And in case you didn't know, "8818" is the internal project code for the Turbo Encabulator.

So clearly Tesla is stepping up their game by using inverse reactive current for use in unilateral phase detractors to dynamically recharge the batteries and extend the range of the Model X.

Magneto-reluctance and capacitive-directance is very exciting.

Ha ha, great video!
8818 actually is a portion of the part number for the wood paneling anchor points. Even more exciting!

 

[AnxietyRanger]

FWIW, I didn't miss the numbers, but I never came to any conclusions about them other than lack of trim/packaging/something. So, your suggestions are probably right.

 

[Paul Carter]

What about the only obvious thing would be 4 way seat controls (top and bottom buttons, thus looking like 8's). We'll if you want to have fun with the "1" (the 3rd one) is it for fold/recline and hence a different lever?

 

[Johan]

What about the only obvious thing would be 4 way seat controls (top and bottom buttons, thus looking like 8's). We'll if you want to have fun with the "1" (the 3rd one) is it for fold/recline and hence a different lever?

Good post but in the wrong place. This is not the thread for sensible, balanced speculation.

 

[AudubonB]

And in case you didn't know, "8818" is the internal project code for the Turbo Encabulator. .

Hold on. There is something really fishy going on here. A LOT of us (okay, not all. Apparently, not EchoDelta. But most.) already knew about the Wonderful World Of Turbo Encabulators.....but who ​but an insider!!! could possibly have known about the internal project code, huh?

I think it's time HLR provides some real - and truthful - background about himself. No mild manners until we see cards on the table.

 

[AlMc]

Hold on. There is something really fishy going on here. A LOT of us (okay, not all. Apparently, not EchoDelta. But most.) already knew about the Wonderful World Of Turbo Encabulators.....but who ​but an insider!!! could possibly have known about the internal project code, huh?

I think it's time HLR provides some real - and truthful - background about himself. No mild manners until we see cards on the table.[/QUOTE]

Simple explanation is usually the correct one: he is Elon and HLR is his puppet name on TMC.

 

[AnxietyRanger]

What about the only obvious thing would be 4 way seat controls (top and bottom buttons, thus looking like 8's). We'll if you want to have fun with the "1" (the 3rd one) is it for fold/recline and hence a different lever?

Seat controls are a good idea but they seem to be awfully low... Here is a photo of the prototype seat controls, so that would match sort of - but they've had to add or move quite a few buttons, and place everything quite down... I guess their numeric shape in that resolution mislead us, if so.

 

[Trnsl8r]

Those wheels look insane. They have to be about 24" and even more impractical than the Model S 21"s.

You know there will be a monster truck edition... They need to improve sales in the south.

 

[EchoDelta]

Seat controls are a good idea but they seem to be awfully low... Here is a photo of the prototype seat controls, so that would match sort of - but they've had to add or move quite a few buttons, and place everything quite down... I guess their numeric shape in that resolution mislead us, if so.

What's interesting about these pictures is the position of the seats relative to the door hole. May not indicate anything other than they actually moved the seat rather than the seat baseline position, but it seems a further back/higher position in the garage pic. Angle may be fooling. Maybe this is an executive rear seat (2 row) edition. Fishtank armrests get fitted later.

 

[AnOutsider]

Looking at this pic, it seems more likely to me that the third row was folded down in the Gentex leak pic

 

[JST]

What's interesting about these pictures is the position of the seats relative to the door hole. May not indicate anything other than they actually moved the seat rather than the seat baseline position, but it seems a further back/higher position in the garage pic. Angle may be fooling. Maybe this is an executive rear seat (2 row) edition. Fishtank armrests get fitted later.

If, as has been speculated, the wheelbase on the production vehicle is shorter, it may just mean the door opening itself is shorter, too.

 

[Paul Carter]

Good post but in the wrong place. This is not the thread for sensible, balanced speculation.

LOL. I knew better to stay quiet, but couldn't resist that one.

 

[3s-a-charm]

The Model X that I saw at the Petaluma supercharger did not look like it had 21's, and I was not able to look at the tire size. It was hard to judge the wheel size because the body size was fairly large.

We already saw a mule with 22" Turbines didn't we?

 

[hill]

From Bay Area Car Spotters:

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maybe it's just me . . . . but the angle of those photos . . . their angles are reminiscent of the Gen II Prius > oversized.
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[BHUtopia]

By all means post. Nothing wrong with posting a photo taken in a public place.

Not grand but something.

 

[Saghost]

If, as has been speculated, the wheelbase on the production vehicle is shorter, it may just mean the door opening itself is shorter, too.

Actually, the doors go further back on the roofline/wheel arch on the leaked pictures we've been seeing than they did on the prototypes. (The door opening overall could still be shorter if the wheelbase is a bunch shorter, but I don't think that's happening. I don't think.) The doors also appear to have a single latch at the center bottom like a rear hatch instead of the pair at the front and rear near the beltline that the prototypes had.
Walter

 

[AlMc]

@BHUtopia: Thanks. Gives some more 'size' perspective seeing it side by side with the S.