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on Tuesday June 23 2015, @08:40PM
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According to the Washington Post, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has said in the past that the Model S is "a little too guy centric." It's an issue that the company is actively trying to correct with X, a vehicle that's expected to cost between $50,000-$70,000.
And it seems to be working, with more than half of the pre-orders for the Model X coming from women.
That's certainly a good thing. In 2014, women account for 40% of the nearly 17 million cars and trucks sold the US, the Washington Post reported. For crossover SUVs, that number is closer to 50%.
Do EVs really have gender specific appeal?
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Tesla is Finally Building an SUV — and They Want it to Appeal to Women
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(Score: 1) by Kharnynb on Wednesday June 24 2015, @05:21AM
My xsara picasso can fit a decent amount of kit and has a pulling hook for a trailer....
I hate the big Suvs as they reduce visibility at parking lots and crossings for people in normal cars.
Not to mention the usually atrocious gas milage and weight.
And 90% of these people never even use it to go off-road or in any worse weather conditions than light rain....
I can drive perfectly fine in Finnish winter in a front-weel drive car, then you can probally manage the once a year rain storm in cali...
Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.
(Score: 2) by aclarke on Wednesday June 24 2015, @05:59PM
I'm not really disagreeing with you, but just pointing out a few things. First of all, not all of us on the site live in California, and it's not really appropriate to use that as a pejorative anyway.
Second, I did live in California for quite a while, and it's the fact that it only rains once a year, or at least not for months, that makes the roads very dangerous when it does rain. People have summer tires on, and the roads have had 8 months of detergent buildup from exhaust fumes that make the roads VERY slippery. If you're driving a FWD car in Finland in the snow, you probably at least have snow tires on. I can assure you as a Canadian in a similar climate to yours that a wet road in southern California after 8 months of dry weather makes for very slippery and dangerous conditions.
Most people around here do just fine with FWD cars, year round. Then again, it's hard to argue that AWD isn't in most cases safer than FWD, and everyone's circumstances are different. I'd rather we all spent a bit more on better cars, and a bit less on salting the roadways. But that's another pet peeve for another discussion.