Model X Falcon Doors

[TEG]

I'm waiting for TEG to show us video of a 69 station wagon doing this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9wo-DjQHcE&t=1m14s

[mikevbf]

I grabbed a shot of the inside of the falcon door that I'm not sure I've seen anywhere before.

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Overall, there seems to be more interior storage options (inside the doors particularly) than in the S. Hopefully this makes it to production.

How about they put cup holders in the falcon wing doors? That way if you didn't have time to shower before leaving, you're set.

[vfx]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9wo-DjQHcE&t=1m14s

Magically TEG!

[EchoDelta]

According to this interview of Elon
In deep with Tesla CEO Elon Musk: Financials, Falcon doors and finding faults in the Model S

they apparently did evaluate having part of the door slide under

There are a few ways to accomplish that. One is to do the double-hinge and the other is to do a double door, so you have part of it go down. It may have been Franz who came up with the double-hinge approach, I'm not sure, but the double-hinge one work better than the double opening. And so when I was shown the options, I said let's do that one.



I imagined a la TEG's Jatech post Model X Falcon Doors - Page 3

[TEG]

My theory ... remember those station wagon back doors that hinged on both the top and side so you could open from either direction? Yep, that's my theory. Depending on what you need (complete access to the back or traditional opening w/roof rack), you can have it...

I was reading an old magazine and noticed this old advetisement:


(As mentioned in another thread "@Lutz: The answer to a question nobody asked.")

[bonnie1194]

An XUV!!

[T@oo]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXp2C...e_gdata_player

[JRP3]

Bit of a door sill there

BMW Z1 doors -not for girls- - YouTube

[Mr X]

those falcon doors will definitely not open in most garages

[NigelM]

those falcon doors will definitely not open in most garages

Just FYI: There's plenty of that discussion up-thread. This was a calculation I did way back....

Try this.....Assuming the Tesla webpage is to scale (and they would be pretty stupid if it isn't!) they show a Model S and a Model X side by side and we know they have stated that the Model S will be 56.5" high. Just some simple measuring and multiplying suggests that the Model X will have a maximum open doors height of 84.75":

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The arrows and inches are my additions to this pic!