Tesla SUV based upon Whitestar

[graham]

Greentech Media | Elon Musk Plugs Electric Cars

The company has previously aired its plans for its cheaper third model, a compact sports car expected to cost between $30,000 and $35,000, and in February told Greentech Media it planned to partner with a large automaker to produce it (see Tesla to Big Three: Let's Be Friends and Tesla: We'll Build Electric Sedans in California).

Musk also mentioned the possibility of an all-electric SUV built on the Model S frame.

That would seem to contradict what Darryl Siry, Tesla Motors' vice president of sales and marketing, said in August when he told AutoBlog.com that the company had no plans to build a SUV on the Model S platform.

Potential new models such as the SUV and the compact car could drive production up to 40,000 to 50,000 vehicles a year, he said.

 

[Kevin Harney]

I believe what Daryl said was that there are no CURRENT plans to make an SUV but that the Model S platform could support it if they decided to do it.

 

[K-MTG]

I believe what Daryl said was that there are no CURRENT plans to make an SUV but that the Model S platform could support it if they decided to do it.

No current plans to make an SUV? What do you call the Model X

 

[ccutrer]

Whoa. Talk about dusting off the cobwebs! I'd say they made their 50k per year goal!! Not so much on the price point of the Model S.

 

[BluestarE3]

This is ghoulish!

 

[omgwtfbyobbq]

Arise thread, thread arise!