Tesla Model X SUV to launch in December, might be gliding quietly down the highway by 2014

Well, it is not often that we hear about products being just before schedule. Telsa CEO Elon Musk presented some forward-looking statements during his company’s quarterly earnings call this week, revealing a mid-December time period for the revealing of its Model X prototype, which can hit streets once 2014. There hasn’t been any hint as to pricing for the all-electric SUV, but we wouldn’t be surprised to work out Tesla’s X priced comparably to BMW’s identically named X model hybrid SUV — think sub-$100,000, not “affordable.” With plans to supply only 15,000 per year beginning in 2013, a high ticket won’t be the best thing keeping Tesla from fulfilling the dream of getting an electrical car in every driveway. Range was another obstacle for electric car makers, but with new charging stations stoning up all the time, we are able to make the 165-mile drive from Ny city to Albany with slightly less anxiety by the point mid-decade rolls around.