Partisan One Wants Elon Musk To Put Its SUV On Mars

Elon Musk is set to launch his very own Tesla Roadster into space on February 6. While the choice makes plenty of sense, as Musk also happens to be the CEO of SpaceX, Partisan One wants him to put something a little more rugged into another planet.

Partisan Motors is a startup company out of Germany that came out with the Partisan One last October. The simplistically styled SUV is essentially a heavy-duty box on wheels. It’s supposedly really easy to put together, has mounting points for armor plating, and should be available in numerous variants.

The rugged SUV was the company’s first model and was obviously the vehicle it planned to use for the basis of its other machines. Partisan Motors has returned, but this time, it’s with a special edition model that it hopes Musk will shoot off of the planet.

The Partisan One Mars Edition has apparently been designed to operate on other planets besides Earth. The SUV, according to the company, is a fully-electric vehicle that has an easy-to-assemble body featuring carbon fiber. Despite being made out of the lightweight material, the SUV still looks like a box on wheels.

Taking a leaf out of Tesla and Nissan’s playbook, the SUV’s body is covered in solar panels that should help the batteries recharge after a day of driving. Each corner of the vehicle has its own electric motor which, as the company claims, should improve reliability, reduce weight, and improve its maintainability, all important factors when on a different planet.

Partisan Motors boldly states that it wants Musk to forget about sending an electric Tesla into space and go with the new special edition SUV instead. The company claims that it’s ready to build a series of EVs for him to launch. The vehicles will come with easy-to-follow directions that Musk and his crew will be able to assemble them on Mars, like a piece of Ikea furniture.

First Tesla comes out with a plan to put a car into space and now there’s talk about SUVs on planets. Well, Musk has so far dared to boldly go where no one has gone before, so why not?