Tesla Model X unveiled: what to expect from the car of the future

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With the official unveiling of the much-awaited Tesla Model X, fans can’t contain their excitement to see how Elon Musk’s latest baby will look like and how well it’ll do in the market. The CEO of Tesla Motors even admitted that they might have been carried away a little bit, starting with the falcon wings for motorized doors and ultrasonic sensors that can help prevent disasters.

"It may be the hardest car to build in the world," Musk said in previous interviews before the launch of Model X. The ambitious and futuristic look of the model may have been “Elon’s Headache” but here is a list of the features and specs that will make fans realize why it’s all worth it.

Car and Driver reports that besides the motorized, self-opening doors, the inside of the car will bring users to another realm of the future. The middle-row seats will have movable pedestals, placing the passengers on chairs that will remind them of a rollercoaster ride. Health seems to be one of the major concerns of Musk as he made a huge windshield wrap-over that acts as a complicated sun visor and an HEPA cabin filter that rivals the cleanliness of most hospital operating rooms.

The Model X will weigh 5441 pounds with a towing capacity of 5000 pounds. All the doors can open and close at a push of a button because they are attached in magnesium spine to ensure rollover safety, rising in just the right proportion, 11.8 inches outward to be exact, Car Throttle adds. This is determined through the proximity of the obstacles detected by the sensors, making its movement not as fast and more like a Broadway star awaiting curtain closing.

Business Insider writes that even with the excitement of the future, Tesla remains to be unprofitable, making them struggle to meet their possible production goals. The company’s 2015 delivery target was 55,000, which slipped in the first month, mostly due to the problems encountered during the actual building of the cars. After the release of the Model S, some of these production problems were resolved but the stigma of Tesla being unable to build the number of cars needed stuck.

Musk’s determination to change the transportation industry to electric cars, making it Earth-friendly and freeing the human dependence on fossil fuel, may be difficult to achieve thus making most of the company’s goals relatively big and ambitious.

One thing’s for sure, though, with the release of the Model X, Musk and Tesla will now work really hard to make their vision come true, starting off with their production issues.