{"id":13634,"date":"2021-08-19T12:44:14","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T02:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/?p=13634"},"modified":"2021-08-19T12:44:14","modified_gmt":"2021-08-19T02:44:14","slug":"new-ev-suvs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/buy-new-car\/new-ev-suvs\/","title":{"rendered":"New EV SUVs"},"content":{"rendered":"

We still seem to be desiring the SUV over other shapes and styles of car.\u00a0 This is for reasons that I can understand; things like safety, space and ride comfort tend to be found in spades when you travel inside a decent-size SUV.\u00a0 Because we are likely to go through a period of history where the EV may well rule the road, are there any SUV-type EVs available now?\u00a0 EVs aren\u2019t selling like hot cakes just yet, but there some EV SUVs bigger than a pint-sized Honda E that you might be interested in.\u00a0 It turns out that, actually, there are some pretty decent EV SUVs available to the buyer loaded with cash.\u00a0 As yet, they aren\u2019t the cheapest vehicles on the planet, particularly if they are of the premium luxury brands, but it\u2019s nice to know that if you did have the money, and wanted a spacious and desirable luxury model, they are already being sold out on the market.<\/p>\n

Tesla has the jump on its competition, and they already have a decent wodge of EV clients under their wings.\u00a0 Because it was pretty much the first EV manufacturer to design and build a decent EV, it was Tesla who soaked up the early adopters of Tesla\u2019s EV technology, and it was these buyers who were very keen to align and embrace the new EV technology early on.\u00a0 What is happening now, is that because other manufacturers are only now getting fully into the swing of EV technology, the keenest buyers have already been wooed and taken by Tesla, so, for instance, if you are an Audi e-tron or Jaguar I-Pace, you have a slightly harder job of getting your buyers because you have to actually entice them away from their luxury ICE vehicles and into one of their EV variants.<\/p>\n

Tesla Model X<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s first give credit where credit is due, and let\u2019s talk about the Tesla Model X EV SUV.\u00a0 The Model X can come with an optional six seats, the middle row boasting full-on Captain\u2019s chairs.\u00a0 The five-seat Model X is the standard guise.\u00a0 I love the falcon-wing doors; they look so cool and make life very easy getting in and out of the car \u2013 even in tight parking spaces with as little as 11-inches on either side.\u00a0 Tesla\u2019s Model X cabin is nice, big, and comfortable.\u00a0 Up the front, there is a big infotainment display screen on the dash.\u00a0 This is as big and as good as it gets in any car.\u00a0 The roof\/ceiling is also a huge display screen, which is tinted so that the glare from the sun is minimised.\u00a0 The Tesla feels extremely modern but also, at the same time, quite a simple car that is fun to live with.\u00a0 It has funny features like a Fart Mode, which is an emissions testing mode that allows the car to perform fart sequencing and farting whenever it requires to do so.\u00a0 People outside don\u2019t escape the sounds either. \u00a0This feature does leave one in hysterics \u2013 you have been warned!\u00a0 The Tesla Model X is very different to anything else on the road, and that makes it a unique drive.\u00a0 Out on the road, the Tesla Model X is quick, and its ride does a pretty good job of soaking up the bumps.\u00a0 There are better handling cars like the Audi e-tron and Jaguar I-Pace, however.<\/p>\n