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Also, I wonder if they'll start preorders after it's unveiled? Anyone here (aside from Bonnie) jumping on one if they do?
That does pose an interesting question. What was the gestation on the Roadster ... then the Model S... and how much of that will be shortened again for the X especially since the platform is done for the X.I was digging back through the model s forum and I noticed that people were putting deposits down the day it was unveiled back in 2009. If tesla follows suit, I guess preorders will open up around the unveiling.
As an aside, it's cool looking back at all the discussions and seeing what did or didn't pan out. I suspect we'll be doing the same with Model X, even though it should have a much shorter gestation period.
That does pose an interesting question. What was the gestation on the Roadster ... then the Model S... and how much of that will be shortened again for the X especially since the platform is done for the X.
...What was the gestation on the Roadster ... ?
People immediately started putting deposits down as there were two seemingly finished cars on display giving rides, but they were really engineering prototypes and getting into proper production would take a while from then....The car was officially unveiled to the public on July 19, 2006, in Santa Monica, California, at a 350-person invitation-only event held in Barker Hangar at Santa Monica Airport...
Well my question was posed in order to see the magnitude of how fast they are speeding up the process now that they have a good bit of the experimentation. That is why I was curious about Roadster to S and then S to X should be even faster. Especially since S and X are really very similar compared to Roadster and S.Tesla started up in 2003, and spent about 3 years, with a very small team, getting some prototypes vehicles ready.
You can find some Roadster history on Wikipedia:
Tesla Roadster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
People immediately started putting deposits down as there were two seemingly finished cars on display giving rides, but they were really engineering prototypes and getting into proper production would take a while from then.
If you don't count more prototypes, and special cars for company founders, I think the first real production Roadsters (first "Signature 100") didn't show up to customers for about 2 years.
I wouldn't use the Roadster history as much a Roadmap to predict the future though. It was built with assemblies from different global suppliers. Tesla had to invent a lot of new technology to make it work. The technology was being proven as they went. The company was still getting itself established. There was a bunch of learning curve. Hopefully for future models the cycle will be shorter and more predictable...
Unofficially, it appeared in Who Killed The Electric Car? a few weeks earlier. This is how many of us found the Tesla and TMC web-sites....The car was officially unveiled to the public on July 19, 2006, in Santa Monica, California, at a 350-person invitation-only event held in Barker Hangar at Santa Monica Airport...
Yeah, there was a mysterious segment at the end showing Mule2 driving on Tesla Road...Unofficially, it appeared in Who Killed The Electric Car? a few weeks earlier. This is how many of us found the Tesla and TMC web-sites.
...Tesla is looking to unveil in late 2011 and launch in 2013 (mid? late?)...
...The information was revealed by Tesla CEO Elon Musk who also stated that a prototype version of the Model X could be revealed by the end of {2011} before production starts sometime in 2014...
(but that says "intends to sell" which is different from "production" and/or "delivery"...)...intends to sell Model X, derived from its Model S sedan due next year, by 2013’s fourth quarter, Palo Alto, California-based Tesla said today in a regulatory filing...
I don't have a link for you, but I remember hearing that the Model X will come out near the end of 2013. Did anyone read / see this?
Maybe, but likely not. Tesla's been good about letting appropriate groups use their stores for cocktail receptions; a renewable energy group I have ties to in DC had a great reception there. Good community building and free PR.he mentioned something about there being some investment banker thing at that store in December. Got me wondering if that will be the "exclusive" Model X unveiling event.
Maybe, but likely not. Tesla's been good about letting appropriate groups use their stores for cocktail receptions; a renewable energy group I have ties to in DC had a great reception there. Good community building and free PR.
Funny aside, I thought all the staff on-hand at the October factory event were the local guys. Turns out one of the girls there in the office was in the back seat of the S when it rolled on stage. Nice of Tesla to spread the love around and not make the non-CA employees feel like outcasts :smile: