Producing the pre-facelift Model X in December 2020
prepared for the January 2021 unveiling of the facelifted
Tesla Model X and Model S. Elon Musk admitted that they
"dropped the ball badly" on the Model X's
manufacturing due to the unfortunate delay in the facelifted
model's release to customers—October 2021. Tesla investor Sawyer Merritt claimed on Twitter that the updated Model X