Personally, I do not care for gull-wing doors. Though not as attractive, I like side sliding doors, like the side door on a van (I go for functionality more than looks).
Even though the negative gull-wing door points posted are valid, there must be a reason for Tesla to go with them on the Model-X. Looking at other vehicles having that type of door http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gull-wing_door and the TV commercial I just saw about a Mercedes ice model that had that type of door, it might be a point of looks/fashion rather than practicality ('we want to look chic/cool/hip/affluent'). I found it interesting that an organization like ieee would be yakking about chic, rather than the technical stuff engineers are known to gravitate to (?). IMO, I would have rather seen Tesla by-pass the X, and focus on the lower priced (more-affordable) model (formally refereed to as Model-E). But that is just me being practical again. Tesla must be making good money on their higher end models, as their people/staff have shown they know what they are doing. {brucedp.150m.com} (afk: I am off to waste the day at the VA in a wheel-chair, feed the blood-draw vampires, pay for more deleterious medications that I must but do not like taking, yak to a non-doctor/nurse about the rat-poison (warfarin anti-clot med) I am on, and hopefully still leave it in time to be pushed/shuttled to my ice ... Oh what fun! ) -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-spectrum-ieee-looks-Tesla-X-and-its-fabulous-Falcon-Doors-tp4669563p4669566.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
