Ah hah! There is where it went.<p>This Model X has been on display at the Tesla Supercharger station in Hawthorne for a few months now. I was there the other day and wanted to show someone and noticed it was gone. I figured they were just working on it or something.<p>I guess instead it was out for display around other parts of LA.
<i>"Of note, the Model X has side mirrors rather than cameras. This is to comply with federal regulations in the US. This change was made awhile back, though some are still unaware of the alteration."</i><p>It baffles me that anybody would even consider for a moment swapping out side mirrors with cameras. I can move my head around to view different angles though a mirror. Barring the possibility of head-tracking and rather snappy servos, I cannot do that with a camera/screen setup.<p>You may as well try to have a restaurant replace their forks and knives with iPads that display images of forks and knives instead. It'd be flash, but hopelessly worse for its actual purpose (although at least my idea would not actually be <i>dangerous</i>.)<p><i>(That is not to say that there is not room for improvement: <a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2012/06/18/drexel_professor_andrew_hicks_invents_side_view_mirror_with_no_blind_spot.html)*" rel="nofollow">http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2012/06/18/drexel_pr...</a>
It seems to be the only fully operational Tesla Model "X" yet in existence as we don't have any other media source who has spotted or covered this model before. Also, I personally think other car Mfg. need to support as Tesla cannot be the only manufacturer lobbying for side cameras instead of mirrors. The camera with sensors, and a rock solid software will ultimately do a superior job with blind spots than the mirrors.
I was really hoping to see some Tesla Motors news during CES 2014. But I guess I'll just have to wait for the Tesla press conference at NAIAS on Jan 16.