Tesla Motors Inc. handed out the first five all-electric Model X SUVs to customers at an event in Fremont, Calif., on Tuesday — not counting the one Chief Executive Elon Musk kept for himself. The second electric automobile to be fully designed, built and sold by the company after the Model S sedan, the Model X displayed Tuesday night has “falcon wing” rear doors with an array of sensors that allow them to open differently depending on conditions, as Musk displayed to applause Tuesday night. Musk played up the safety aspects of the car, showing crash test pictures and discussing the air-filtering ability, which includes a “bioweapon defense mode” meant to protect people inside the car during a chemical attack. Venture capitalist Steve Jurvetson, of Draper Fisher Jurvetson, got one of the first five Model X units, which can cost as much as $144,000.
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