Sept. 30, 2015
\n Tesla Model X: The New Safest SUV <\/b> <\/p>\n
The Tesla Motors [NSDQ: TSLA] Model X SUV has been revealed in production form; and while the packaging and performance of this new electric SUV are mostly as expected, there were plenty of surprises.<\/p>\n
One of the surprises was how well the trick double-hinged falcon doors are designed\u2014with a very narrow spread as they open, plus sensors that adjust the arc of the doors to available height. Another was that the Model X can tow 5,000 pounds, while carrying seven people and luggage.<\/p>\n
But the one that CEO Elon Musk spent nearly the first half of the Model X presentation outlining was safety. The Model X, he said, is the first SUV that\u2019s five-star in every category.<\/p>\n
Musk summed that in the federal tests, those stars correlate directly to the probability of injury in a particular set of conditions.<\/p>\n
For frontal crashes, the lack of an engine block allows engineers to have a longer distance for the crumple zone.<\/p>\n
The Model X also achieves perfect five-star results\ufffc, he said; and its side pole test also has about half the intrusion of the next closest SUV model.<\/p>\n
Also because of the low-set battery pack and resulting extremely low center of mass, it has half the rollover propensity of any SUV or minivan.<\/p>\n
The Model X certainly isn’t alone in its top-tier ratings. The Tesla Model S sedan already earns a top five-star federal safety score\u2014both overall, and in the frontal, side, and side pole tests, as well as in rollover, of course.<\/p>\n
Environmental safety as well as occupant safety <\/b><\/p>\n
But safety does take other forms, and Musk then couldn\u2019t resist a little jab to other current events.<\/p>\n
“Recent events have illustrated the importance of air [polution] safety,” he said, clearly alluding to Volkswagen\u2019s “clean diesel” emissions-cheating scandal, then introducing a true HEPA air filtration system for the Model X, including three layers of activated carbon.<\/p>\n
In its maximum setting, viruses and spores are indetectible. <\/b> <\/p>\n
“If there\u2019s ever an…apocalyptic scenario, of some kind, hypothetically, you just press the bioweapon defense mode button…this is a real button,” Musk said, as air-pollution-related reductions in life expectancy for some major world cities were shown on screen. <\/p>\n
It’s an unexpected selling point for the Model X; but based on last night’s presentation, there are plenty of others.<\/p>\n
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