{"id":63928,"date":"2016-02-11T09:45:04","date_gmt":"2016-02-11T14:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businesspundit.com\/?p=63928"},"modified":"2020-09-21T13:34:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-21T17:34:00","slug":"elon-musk-says-tesla-over-engineered-the-model-x-suv-02-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businesspundit.com\/elon-musk-says-tesla-over-engineered-the-model-x-suv-02-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk says Tesla &#8216;over-engineered&#8217; the Model X SUV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-63929 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.businesspundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Tesla-Model-X-SUV.jpg\" alt=\"Tesla Model X SUV\" width=\"2880\" height=\"1350\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.businesspundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Tesla-Model-X-SUV.jpg 2880w, https:\/\/www.businesspundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Tesla-Model-X-SUV-300x141.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.businesspundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Tesla-Model-X-SUV-768x360.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.businesspundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Tesla-Model-X-SUV-600x281.jpg 600w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 2880px) 100vw, 2880px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 2880px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 2880\/1350;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Tesla CEO and founder Elon Musk says the Model X SUV was &#8220;over-engineered&#8221; and &#8220;there was some hubris with the Model X&#8221; which led to delays in delivering the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Tesla CEO, everything from the seals around the windows to the construction of the second-row seats proved to be hurdles.<\/p>\n<p>The tech icon says what resulted was the &#8220;best car ever&#8221; made.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m not sure anyone will make a car like this again,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I&#8217;m not sure Tesla will make a car like this again.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Model X&#8217;s complexity was something Musk brought up at the car&#8217;s launch in\u00a0September. At the time Musk said Tesla probably shouldn&#8217;t have made the vehicle because of all the complexities the company faced.<\/p>\n<p>While there were many delays, demand for the Tesla Model X SUV remains strong. Musk says the company has attempted to suppress demand, but there are still tens of thousands of SUVs on backorder.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesspundit.com\/tesla-model-3-pre-orders-02-2016\/\">Tesla will start taking pre-orders for its Model 3 on March 31<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tesla CEO and founder Elon Musk says the Model X SUV was &#8220;over-engineered&#8221; and &#8220;there was some hubris with the Model X&#8221; which led to delays in delivering the vehicle. According to the Tesla CEO, everything from the seals around the windows to the construction of the second-row seats proved to be hurdles. The tech [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":63929,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9238],"tags":[6231,7860,10006,10007],"class_list":{"0":"post-63928","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-transportation","8":"tag-elon-musk","9":"tag-tesla","10":"tag-tesla-model-x-suv","11":"tag-tesla-suv"},"acf":[],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businesspundit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businesspundit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businesspundit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businesspundit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businesspundit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63928"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.businesspundit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63928\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63931,"href":"https:\/\/www.businesspundit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63928\/revisions\/63931"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businesspundit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businesspundit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businesspundit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businesspundit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}