Elon Musk: 'Tesla doesn't name the iPhone and because I'm a fool'

Why does Elon Musk say: Teslas doesn't name the iPhone and because I'm a fool?

Elon Musk , founder and CEO of Tesla Electric Motors, wants everyone to know that: " Tesla's electric cars don't name cars like Apple's iPhone " - quite a truth. mistake.

Elon Musk's electric car company Tesla has previously launched models such as Model S, Model X and Model 3. However, quite a number of customers are confused by the naming scheme in no particular order. Come on. Many people believe that Tesla should name the cars like Apple named the iPhone, ie in a certain order such as the newer iPhone 7 iPhone 6S, the new iPhone 6S than the iPhone 6. The numbers are the simple way. Help us identify what is the latest iPhone.

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But with Tesla, the Tesla Model 3 is not an improved version of Model 1 or Model 2. The third version of the Tesla is the third version of the Tesla model - the cheap sedan, expected to be sold to customers. Last year. Tesla's remaining models are Model S and Model X. Elon Musk is aware of this problem and must go to his personal Twitter page to explain this misunderstanding.

Noticing that many people think Model 3 is the "next version" of a Tesla, like iPhone 2 vs 3. This is not true.
- Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 24, 2017

" I find many people think that Model 3 is the next version of Tesla, like the iPhone 2 and iPhone 3. But that's completely wrong ."

Model 3 is just a smaller, more affordable version of Model S less range & power & fewer features. Model S has more advanced technology.
- Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 24, 2017

"The Model 3 is just a smaller, more affordable, less powerful and less functional version than the previous Model S. The Model S is a version with more advanced technology ."

However, Apple has never launched the iPhone 2 or iPhone 3. Elon Musk is probably not a fan of Apple, so there was confusion here.

When asked why Tesla named some models with letters ( Model S and Model X ), and then named a new model with a digit ( Model 3 ), Elon Musk responded. humor:

@jDaz Because I was a dumb idiot and didn't realize at time it will cause confusion
- Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 24, 2017

" Because I'm a fool and I didn't realize at the time that such a naming could create a controversial topic ."

It turned out, before the Model 3 name, that this car was planned to be a Model E, but that would be the same name for Ford cars. Musk came up with a witty answer:

Model 3 was going to be called Model E, for dumb humor reasons, but Ford sued to block it, so now it is S3X. Totally different :)
- Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 24, 2017

" Model 3 was intended to be named Model E but Ford filed a lawsuit because it had the same name as their electric car model. So now Tesla's product will be S3X. It's really different . "

Indeed, Elon Musk is not only a genius, but also a person with a very humorous and profound mind. With just a short response to the customer, we can see that Elon Musk is a very interesting person who dares to get it wrong and looks right at his wrong in a funny way that not everyone can do OK.

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