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Hindsight: What the Model X should have been

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Perhaps the Model X should have been a service vehicle.

A cube van !

Instead of intricate, rich, and lavish, it would have been bigger, sparse, barren, and ready for business, as well as for customization for those who couldn't wait for a factory-built SUV/CUV... remember the rockin' custom Econoline 150's in the 70s and 80s ?? :biggrin:

In the same way the Roadster - Model S - Model 3 development strategy (oh and the original one didn't mention the X by my recollection) paved the way in cautious steps, the X cargo van could have created a robust, "overly engineered" service platform that've readily adapted to a luxurious SUV / CUV vehicle with towing capabilities.

Just an idea, I haven't done a business plan or anything ... the commercial vehicle market is a very different one.

Thoughts ?
 
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lol both very nice :biggrin:

How about this:
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Ironically, that beast was born of the opposite strategy I suggested above -- a car that was made into a van that was then turned into a service vehicle. Poor Torqueflite 4-speed car transmissions :scared:
 
I suspect the commercial space runs on thinner margins than Tesla seems to want to chase. That said, Smith Electric Vehicles seems to do OK.

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And Nissan is doing an electric version of the NV200 van.
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The space is littered with the remains of dead companies though. Sadly Bright Automotive's PHEV Idea van never saw the light of day.

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