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Watch a Tesla employee use a Model X to pull a semitruck up a hill in the snow (TSLA)

The Tesla Model X looks like it didn't have much trouble with the task.

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  • Another comment said the Model X did, in fact, pull the vehicle up a hill. However, it's unclear whether this was a publicity stunt.

While the release of Tesla's electric big-rig, the Semi, is still a few years away, the company's Model X electric SUV on Wednesday showed off the kind of power you'd expect from a much larger vehicle.

In the wake of the bomb cyclone that has brought frigid temperatures to the East Coast, a Model X appeared to pull a semitrailer out of the snow in Raleigh, North Carolina.

The driver, Ben Spreen, said in a Facebook comment attached to the video that the SUV didn't have much trouble performing the task. But a LinkedIn profile showed that Spreen is a Tesla customer-experience employee, so it's possible this could have been a staged stunt.

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While Tesla's cars have gotten high marks from their owners, the company is having trouble producing its first mass-market electric car, the Model 3. On Wednesday, the company announced it didn't come close to reaching its 2017 production targets for the vehicle.

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