That's curious (although kind of a moot point now). I didn't go to the reveal in Hawthorne, but entered my $5K CC info and hit the reservation button at 12:01 PM on the website that next day. I received reservation #83. I wonder why you got #2xx?
As far as the T8 goes... Full disclosure: TSLA stockholder since 2012. Own no stock in Volvo's parent holding company.
Volvo is owned by Chinese-automaker Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, aka Geely [source: Wikipedia.org]
Personally, as an American citizen, I would buy a Tesla before I would EVER even consider buying a product from a company that is owned by a Chinese firm. It's nothing personal. In fact, my wife is Taiwanese-American. I spent 3 weeks in China this past May touring the country. I had a great time except the major cities are so polluted I wondered how anybody can live there.
IMHO, Americans need to support our American economy and American manufacturing jobs. Geely has already started exported Chinese-made Volvos to the USA:
http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/20/asia/shanghai-auto-show-volvo/
They don't manufacture anything in the USA:
http://www.ask.com/business-finance/volvos-manufactured-a01f671a0263da62
Unlike 10 other non-US brands:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_automotive_assembly_plants_in_the_United_States
I've bought and leased Mercedes SUVs that are built in Vance, Alabama.
Out of curiosity, I checked out this Volvo XC90 T8 Twin Engine Plug-in Hybrid.
Volvo XC90 T8 Plug-In Hybrid Compared to Model X Pure BEV:
- T8 has a 400 hp 2.0 liter direct-injected turbo & supercharged internal combustion engine I certainly don't want polluting the environment whenever it kicks in. Nor do I want to have to go to a gas station to fill it up, or pay the dealer to service it.
- Both can tow 5,000 lbs.
- T8 electric-only range is 25 miles which is a joke, and it also says "save mode allows for optimal charge of battery while driving ensuring battery energy level provides about 12 miles of pure electric driving". Impressed! (not) X P90D range is 250 EPA, while 90D is 257.
- T8 has Start/Stop Tech to turn off engine at traffic lights so you don't pollute the environment when you're not going anywhere. So does my Mercedes. ICE desperation!
- T8 has Air Suspension option, but no GPS-based automation like the X.
- Of course T8 has no clean air system like the X.
- T8 has "Roll(over) Stability Control (RSC)" which I'm sure they need since they don't have the X's very low center of gravity
- T6 EPA is 20 (City)/25 (Highway)/22 (Combined). X P90D is
- I didn't see any published T8 safety ratings?
- T8 0-60 mph: 5.9 sec. X 90D: 4.8 sec. X P90D: 3.8 sec., 3.2 sec. with Ludicrous Speed Upgrade
- T8 is missing many other X features that are too numerous to list here.
Volvo XC90 T8 base price is less expensive, but like most things in life, you get what you pay for.
This vehicle will be minor competition for the X, which I believe will eat Benz ML, GL; BMW X5, X6; Lexus RX/GX/LX; and Audi Q7's lunch. :biggrin: