DuckTruck
Well-Known Member
Word on the street is that Elon will call this the "Thunder", so as not to piss off Ford again. Maybe he could go full throttle by calling it the "Model T". What could possibly go wrong with that? ?I heard Tesla even redesigned the CyberTruck look . . .
I think he's still fuming over Ford keeping him from naming the third generation the model "E" so that he could spell "SEXY" with his model names.
This is an old story, but for those unfamiliar with it, here it is from slate.com:
"Despite the name, Model 3 wonât technically be Teslaâs third model. If you count the Roadster as its first and Model S as its second, the third will actually be Model X, the $70,000 all-electric luxury SUV that is going into production this year. But Tesla considers the 3 its âthird-generationâ vehicle because the Model S and Model X are built on the same platform.
"Actually, Tesla had originally planned to call its next car the âModel E.â Musk, who apparently has a juvenile sense of humor to go with his brilliant mind, liked the idea of selling three cars with the model names S, E, and X. But that plan was blue-balled when Ford threatened legal action."
Full story here:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/slate....ion-tesla-gets-a-name-and-its-not-model-e.amp
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