Elon Musk confirmed in a comment that Tesla’s new upgraded Model S can “accommodate up to 7 people”, although the automaker does not offer it as an option yet.
When Musk first announced the Model S Plaid in 2019, the CEO said he would have the option of third-row auxiliary seats, which was an option on the original Model S, but was later discontinued.
In the first years of production starting in 2012, Tesla offered a rear-facing two-seat kit that would fit in the trunk of the Model S.
This did not make the seven-seater electric sedan, since the suspended seats only fit smaller children and the option was not popular enough, so Tesla stopped it.
ElectrekSeth Weintraub, by Seth Weintraub, had the suspended seats on his Model S 2013, and his kids liked them for a few years until they got too big:
Now, since the announcement of the new Model S Plaid, Musk has promised to bring back the third row seats in the Model S again, but this time he is teasing that he could even accommodate adults there.
However, when Tesla officially unveiled the new Model S and the Model X update along with the Model S Plaid in January, a seven-seat configuration was not an option.
But now in a new tweet, Musk reiterated that the new Model S “will accommodate up to 7 people”:
“The new Plaid S is our best car ever. It will be the first production car to reach 0-60 mph in less than 2 seconds and has four doors and a capacity for 7 people. “
The fact that it is not yet available in the configurator may mean that it will be available as an accessory after purchase on the Tesla website, but it is not clear at this point.
Musk also referred specifically to the checkered version of the Model S and not the Long Range or Plaid +.
Tesla has not yet started delivering any of these vehicles, but deliveries are expected to start any day after re-equipping production lines at the Fremont plant.
We recently reported on a drone video capturing some updated S-model vehicles from initial production at the Fremont plant, and one of them appeared to have a third row of seats, although it is difficult to tell from a distance.
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