Cult of Elon: What it's like to see Tesla unveil a new car

[NelsonG]

Well that was one hell of a party. 

On Thursday night, Elon Musk unveiled the Tesla Model Y to a pumped-up crowd of Tesla fan boys, employees, investors, and media at the Tesla Design Studio in Hawthorne, CA.

"We're literally bringing sexy back," Musk said, after walking onto the stage to the opening bars of the '90s hit "I'm Too Sexy." Musk was alluding to the fact that his line of cars, the Models S, 3, X, and now Y, now intentionally spell out the word — you guessed it — "sexy." Or, uh, S3XY.

A newly completed wall at Tesla's design studio.

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Tesla bills its new model as an affordable crossover vehicle, that, as Musk said, "has the functionality of an SUV, rides like a sports car." IRL, it kind of looks like the hatchback version of the Model 3; with cheeky curves and a big, bubbly behind, call it the Cardi B of Teslas. Read more...

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