goneskiian
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Hmmm, that looks to be matte white. I know it's not. Can you tell if it's the arctic (flat) or the pearl?
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It's the pearl, and was the one used at the delivery event. Here's Jurvetson with it right beforehand.
Trev Page
Member
Oh to have been there and listening to people ask about the car: "what kind of car is that?" "how much does it cost? "What's a Tesla?" "how far can you drive"?
I wonder how Elon answers?
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Man, how could those other passerbys not have snapped a bunch of pics and vids of this little meeting?!
Probably because they have no idea who it was and what a Tesla is.
I don't know. This was at the Malibu pier, where I would guess Tesla is pretty well known. Right here.
goneskiian
Active Member
I thought so too, but that angle shows nary a reflection.
By the way, I'm borrowing your signature. I'll use another if you'd prefer given the statement about "permission" and all! ;-)
Wow, how appropriate that this thread got kicked off with photos of the first two Founders cars! I love it. Wish I had been there in Malibu when this scene had taken place.
goneskiian
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Super_Popular
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hockeythug
Active Member
I finally put two and two together that it's Favreau and Rubin in the picture with the door opening. Day late and a dollar short as usual.
M67v
I just work here
Can't wait till the mass production version comes out so I can snap some pictures of them in my area.
goneskiian
Active Member
Hahaha if this was the "mass production version" they would be mass producing them. The X isn't ready for that yet. These are hand built founders cars delivered to meet a self-imposed deadline. Beyond that nothing has changed with the X since earlier this year.
Production models, meaning cars actually rolling off the line with consistency, won't happen until later this winter when Signature models start moving. Might not even be until January.
EarlyAdopter
Active Member
If by hand built you mean 542 robotic hands, then yeah, they were hand built.
Instagram post from Elon Musk back in August (that's a Model X in there):
"elonmusk Bringing up Tesla Production Line 2. 542 robots in total with 15 operating simultaneously at the central assembly point."
No cars are "hand built" any more, anywhere. "Hand built" is now a phrase meaning "built using more human attention than would be typical in a mass production system."
Kalud
Active Member
Beside the fact that I'd like to see a smooth and rather rapid ramp up of production, I'd rather have a "hand built" Model X than the first few hundreds that gets out the automated line
