By Catherine Powell
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Last week I had a chance to take a ride in
a Tesla Model X SUV. Equipped with
everything including a pair of gull-wing back doors, the all-electric vehicle
was a revelation for someone born and raised on the internal combustion
engine. Not only doesn’t the Tesla
require a stop at the gas station, as I was soon to learn, it doesn’t really
need a driver behind the wheel. As my
friend who owns the Model X explained as he engaged the Autopilot, “This baby
pretty much drives itself.” As we headed
west on Beach Blvd. he took his hands off the wheel and the car quickly settled
into the middle lane where it maintained a safe distance between it and the
pickup truck ahead, even when the light turned red and traffic came to a
stop. When the light once again turned
green and the traffic once again rolled onward, so did the Model X.
