umeshunni
Member
Well, not exactly random, but a couple of shots from the 'Meet the Model X' event at the factory tonight.
Hope some of the others got better shots with a real camera!
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Well, not exactly random, but a couple of shots from the 'Meet the Model X' event at the factory tonight.
Hope some of the others got better shots with a real camera!
That man is Homo erectus, in particular Turkana Boy.That's not a monkey, that's early man
At first I thought you were H. neanderthalensis but now I'm thinking H. erectus.
Love all the X photos in this thread!
Neanderthal only existed up until 200,000 years ago. Ohmman says he is 150,000 to 2,000,000 years ago. So yes, that makes Homo erectus most likely. Though there were many species of hominids living at the same time together, the image Ohmman uses is one of Turkana Boy who is a remarkable specimen should you choose to google him. Of note, there was a 40,000 year period where H. sapiens and Neandethal lived side by side in Europe and Asia. And there was some wild sex going on between humans and Neanderthals. Not just a little sex, but DNA points to a lot of sex! In fact, nearly every person on this planet now has about 2% to 4% Neanderthal genes. The only true 100% H. sapiens would have to reside around Eritrea and Ethiopia and their ancestors would never have left Africa. Two people living only blocks away from each other in Ethiopia are likely more genetically diverse than say you, an average American or European, and say, an Inuit, or you and a Laotian. In this time, we humans are the only species of bi-pedals that exist. Years past there were many actually sharing this planet together.
JRP3
Hyperactive Member
pvogel
Member
It's much bigger than a Kiosk
. This seems to be where they work on tweaks to the cars and then update the line with new instructions, etc. I meant to ask about the carbon hood on the X, but by then the two engineers by the skateboard had left or gone elsewhere. There was the one X and several S's in various states of undress in the studio there.
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Brett
Member
Great looking car... As far as getting permission to drive your wife's Tesla... Well done... (I get to borrow my wife's Roadster every now and then too... at least once a year for the annual service :biggrin
goneskiian
Active Member
First it was a joke.
Second, they could have had someone that works for them get an early reservation and then ship it over. Likely? Who knows.
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Thanks for the photos umeshunni! Looks like it was a really fun event!
Well, not exactly random, but a couple of shots from the 'Meet the Model X' event at the factory tonight.
Hope some of the others got better shots with a real camera!
bylund
Member
The German registration number starts with IN, which is for cars registered in Ingolstadt, where Audi happen to be headquartered. So maybe Audi got their hands on one and are testing it? If it was Tesla testing it on the Autobahn I would have expected it to be Dutch registered.
SomeJoe7777
Marginally-Known Member
pvogel
Member
Why would you expect Dutch registration for Autobahn testing? The Autobahn is in Germany as is the Nürburgring, though I'm not sure why they would care about a Nürburgring time.
EarlyAdopter
Active Member
I'm guessing because Tesla has an assembly plant in Tilburg, Netherlands, staffed with engineers and top tier service techs. It would make sense to be the place Tesla would send a test vehicle, not Germany. It's a short drive to Germany from there.
My money is on the "Audi bought a Signature X, shipped it to Germany and registered it in Ingolstadt" theory. After all, just about every automotive manufacturer has admitted to buying a Model S to study in the past.
pvogel
Member
Ok. That makes sense. I hadn't thought about the Tilburg plant. The Audi theory or an individual self importing made the most sense to me.
