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Watch a Tesla Model X tow a passenger airplane down a runway

May 15, 2018

Monday was an exciting day for electric vehicles everywhere. 

At Melbourne airport Monday morning, a Tesla Model X P100D towed a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner down a taxiway. Slowly but surely, the vehicle pulled the plane, from Australian airline Qantas, almost 300 meters. 

This was, according to Qantas, the first time in history an electric passenger vehicle has towed a passenger plane (though electric vehicles do commonly tow other aircrafts). The car actually received a Guinness World Record for heaviest tow by an electric production passenger vehicle.  Read more…

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Source: Mashable | Watch a Tesla Model X tow a passenger airplane down a runway

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