In 1898, automobiles were still pretty new and pretty hot. In our laziest glory, the U.S. had invented a motorised way of moving ourselves around, but there was a problem. How do you transport the giant motorised machine you just invented? Well, you just make a bigger machine.
The Tesla Model X is an impressive performance machine, one day embarrassing cars at the drag strip and the next helping to pull giant trucks trapped on just the slightest snowy incline.