The Tesla Model X will storm the crossover market when it arrives in 2015, demolishing the luxe SUVs offered by the unsuspecting big car companies in a wave of EV awesomeness. This prediction comes to you not from Elon Musk fanboys or Tesla devotees, but from the buttoned-down folks at the financial giant Morgan Stanley.

The firm's analysts, trying to predict the future of the automotive market, are about as high on Tesla Motors as you can be. The company's stock is their "top pick in U.S. autos," according to the L.A Times, and will "sweep every Car of the Year award on offer by the automotive media." Morgan Stanley predicts Tesla's stock price to rise from its current $250 to $320 by the middle of next year.

What's with enthusiasm for a long-delayed car that nobody's actually driven? Morgan is extrapolating from the passion and insatiable demand that Tesla was able to generate with the S sedan, which won numerous car of the year awards. This time around, the firm says, Tesla should be in a position to do even better: It has more money to invest in the X and more time to work out the kinks before launch.

As for me, I'm still holding out for the Model III.

Via Los Angeles Times.

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