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Tesla Model X electric vehicle at market launch ceremony 2015.

The Tesla Model X all-electric vehicle was released in 2015. This is a mid-size crossover SUV with a lightweight aluminum body, with a variety of different passenger configurations and passenger doors that are articulating falcon-wing designs that open vertically.

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