What is a Bioweapon Defense Button?
Tesla recently unveiled its first array into the SUV arena with the fastest SUV in the world and dubbed as Model X. The move has pushed Tesla into the global SUV market as it was launched at a special event in California by Elon Musk himself.
The Tesla Model X is an all-electric, all-wheel-drive SUV that tackles the problem of building a high-riding family vehicle with the clean-sheet-of-paper approach for which Tesla has become famous. The car’s main purpose is to act as a family utility vehicle with seven seats, class-leading interior space and practicality in addition to strong safety credentials centered on active collision avoidance technology. Furthermore, it has ‘falcon wing’ rear doors, a bioweapon defense button and the top-spec model will surge from 0-60mph in 3.2 seconds.
Musk has already said that the Model X would double Tesla’s global sales volume and that’s the company plans to sell 55,000 vehicles in 2015. A further boost will arrive when the Model 3 compact executive car goes on sale in 2017.
There are no pricing details yet, but the Model X is predicted to be priced at similar levels to the Model S when it goes on sale, putting it in the £50,000 to £90,000 bracket. The first UK deliveries are due in 2016.
The firm also expects a maximum 5-star rating when the car is subjected to the Euro NCAP crash tests as US crash tests awarding it a 5-star rating in every category. Without any powerful diesel or petrol engines, the electric powertrain and it’s positioning under the car’s floor is the key to the safety credentials of the Model X. Musk explained, “It’s like jumping into a pool or jumping into a pool with a rock in it. You don’t want the pool with the rock in it,”
Tesla has fitted advanced active safety new technology and the Model X gets automatic emergency braking as standard. The new SUV also gets an innovative side collision avoidance system that uses sensors to detect and steer the car away from an impending collision to the side.
The astounding ‘falcon wing’ doors to the rear of the Model X will solve many problems parents have in persuading their kids to get into the car as the young ones will be really excited to see these doors in action.
The Model X is the fastest SUV yet and follows the lead of the Model S with blistering performance that will eclipse most supercars in terms of 0-60mph acceleration. The 562bhp Porsche Cayenne Turbo S takes 4.1 seconds to reach 62mph, so the 3.2-second 0-60mph time of the 762bhp Tesla Model X P90D in ‘Ludicrous Mode’ makes it the world’s fastest accelerating SUV by some margin. Even without Ludicrous Mode, the Model X will cover it in 3.8 seconds and reach the same 155mph top speed.
As well as keeping the air clean with zero exhaust emissions, the Model X features technology to protect owners from other people’s smog. It features two HEPA air filters, the larger of which is 10 times bigger than filters found in most conventional cars. This delivers an improvement in air filtering capability of up to 700 times.
Musk claimed that the Model X cabin has “air cleanliness levels comparable to a hospital operating room”, and then revealed: the Bioweapon Defence Mode button. It’s a real button that engages full air filtering capability to prevent any of the pollution in the city air outside the car from making their way into the Model X’s interior.
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