Elon Musk confirmed in a comment that Tesla’s new refreshed Model S can ‘seat up to 7 people’, although the carmaker has not yet offered it as an option.
When Musk first announced the Model S Plaid in 2019, the CEO said he would have the option for third-row jump seats, which was an option on the original Model S but was discontinued later.
The first few production years starting in 2012, Tesla offered a set of two rear seats that would fit in the trunk of the Model S.
It did not make the electric sedan a seven-seater, as the booster seats could only fit smaller children and the option was not popular enough, and Tesla discontinued it.
ElectrekSeth Weintraub had the bouncy chairs in his 2013 Model S, and his kids enjoyed them for a few years until they got too big:
Since the announcement of the new Model S Plaid, Musk has promised to bring back the third-row seats in the Model S, but this time he teased that he could even fit adults there.
However, when Tesla officially unveiled the new refresh of Model S and Model X with the Model S Plaid in January, a seven-seater configuration was not an option.
But now, in a new tweet, Musk reiterates that the new Model S will ‘seat up to 7 people’:
‘The new Plaid S is our best car ever. It will be the first production car to reach 0-60 km / h in less than 2 seconds, and it has four doors and a seat for up to 7 people. ”
The fact that it is not yet available in the configurator may mean that it is available as an accessory after purchase on Tesla’s website, but this is not clear at this time.
Musk also specifically referred to the Plaid version of the Model S and not to the Long Range of Plaid +.
Tesla has not yet started delivering any of the vehicles, but delivery is expected to begin any day after the production lines at the Fremont plant are redeveloped.
We recently reported on a drone video capturing some early production-refreshing Model S vehicles at the Fremont plant, and one of them apparently had a third row of seats, though it’s hard to get from a distance to see.
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