Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
To perform these joyrides-cum-tests in relative secrecy, the engineers had to weld the tips of the exhaust pipes back onto the car to make it look like any other CLS.
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
It still had the base structure of a Mercedes CLS, although no one in the press knew that, and some of the body panels and the hood were stuck to the frame with magnets.
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
In the end, they preferred the styling on the CLS and settled on it as their baseline for thinking about the Model S. After purchasing a CLS, Tesla's engineers tore it apart.
最终, 他们选择 CLS 的型, 并将其作为考虑 Model S 的基准, 在购买 CLS 后, 特斯拉的师将其拆解。