---
title: "Falcon Punch: The Tesla Model X Has Arrived"
description: "Tesla’s first SUV is here, and it has some wacky doors. Just don’t call them gullwings."
date: "2015-09-30"
modified: "2015-09-30"
authors:
  - name: "Max Goldberg"
    job_title: "Associate Editor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/max-goldberg"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/353/falcon-punch-the-tesla-model-x-has-arrived"
categories:
  - "Car Tech"
  - "Electric Vehicles"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
  - "Tesla News"
tags:
  - "Electric Vehicle"
  - "luxury"
  - "model x"
  - "suv/crossover"
  - "Tesla"
---

# Falcon Punch: The Tesla Model X Has Arrived

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Electric car mogul and sometimes-rocketeer Elon Musk has introduced the production version of his company’s first SUV, the Tesla Model X. It is an all-electric, seven-passenger crossover with a claimed range of 257 miles. It’ll hit 60 mph in 3.2 seconds, tow 5,000 pounds and has the [craziest doors](<https://www.thedrive.com/design/205/epic-egress-the-13-coolest-car-door-designs>) this side of C.S. Lewis’s armoire.

"I think we got a little carried away," Musk said.

Yeah. Just a little.

The Model X’s futuristic entry is a double-hinged affair, with sensors to help them clear obstacles when parked in a garage or between two cars. In typical Tesla fashion, Musk isn’t calling these gullwings. They’re “falcon doors.”

Prices for the Model X range from $132,000 in base trim to $144,000 in top specification. For the pleasure of putting one in their garage, buyers must put down a modest $5,000 deposit and wait for a year. And yes, PayPal is accepted.

## Author
Before working at *The Drive*, Max Goldberg raced the streets of Westchester in an ambulance as a licensed Emergency Medical Technician. He has boundless enthusiasm.

### Author social links  
[Instagram](<https://instagram.com/maxems>)