Internal Documents Reveal Model Y Will Have 3 Row Seating

In an internal document released to Tesla employees a few weeks before the October earnings call, several details about the future Tesla Model Y electric crossover were reportedly revealed. While the document is now marked as outdated, it still gives us a pretty good picture of where the California based carmaker is heading with its new model.
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Truthy - 12/5/2018 12:31:14 PM

+8 Boost

Soon, other manufacturers will copy this innovation and offer three row vehicles. Mind blowing!

scenicbyway12 - 12/5/2018 12:59:06 PM

+6 Boost

I love a running gag.

SanJoseDriver - 12/5/2018 1:50:17 PM

-3 Boost

I wonder how if it is based on the 3. Unfortunately, that might mean using falcon wing doors.

CANADIANCOMMENTS - 12/5/2018 1:57:49 PM

+2 Boost

@SJD - I thought the same thing. It is a compact CUV with the Model 3 chassis. No way it should have 3 rows. It is likely not a correct statement.

dumpsty - 12/6/2018 9:27:11 AM

+2 Boost

I'm thinking the Model Y won't be a simple 3/5ths size version of the Model X - exterior wise. The Y will could have exterior proportions like a slightly larger HHR. And be wider of course.

Or the Y could be similar in basic proportions to the X, with an extended body design. It's all about that side view now. Based on what they did with the X & 3, the proportions for the Y should be similarly acceptable.

atc98092 - 12/5/2018 2:20:50 PM

+2 Boost

3 row doesn't make sense for the size this is supposed to be. I hope that's inaccurate.

MDarringer - 12/6/2018 8:49:56 AM

0 Boost

Do any of Tesla's products make sense? Nope

SanJoseDriver - 12/11/2018 9:36:57 PM

+1 Boost

Tesla has some of the most pragmatic designs out there. Have you seen a Model S with the rear seats folded down? It's like a truck.

TomM - 12/5/2018 5:34:56 PM

+5 Boost

Actually - I would believe that this "info" is not about a Model 3 based crossover. I would suspect it is about a coming real SUV style crossover - and I would not hold my breath - as they have no production capacity for that right now.

rockreid - 12/5/2018 6:44:35 PM

+1 Boost

Elon Musk already stated last year that Model Y production would be in a new dedicated factory. It will have to be soley for the upcoming SUV, as the Model Y is going to be gangbusters. The total number of Gigafactories will soon be 3, with 10-20 more worldwide.

https://electrek.co/2017/06/06/tesla-new-factory-gigafactories/

The Model Y public reveal has been scheduled for March 2019 for awhile now, with production to start in 2020. We'll see if those dates hold as Model 3 production is getting very serious now and already the #6 best-selling car in the USA and #1 in total Revenue.. I think the Model Y will have no trouble becoming the #1 best selling car/SUV when released..

Truthy - 12/5/2018 9:44:17 PM

+4 Boost

Where is the money coming from for this factory? Tesla has to come up with nearly $2 billion to pay debt coming due by March next year. Their total is nearly $11 billion.
Unsustainable.