Tesla has taken all but two seats from the Model Y to allow the French company to take advantage of a tax loophole.
Have you ever wanted a two-seater Tesla Model Y? No, it's not like a Shooting Brake (as cool as that would be), it's just a Model Y without the back seat. it doesn't matter. Because Tesla knew someone in France needed it, and that was all the motivation they needed to create it.
Earlier this week, Tesla unveiled a two-seater Model Y specifically for the French business market. It looks just like a standard Model Y from the outside, but the trunk is huge.
Literally, everything after the front seats is storage space. Tesla's senior account specialist Clement Maguet announced this product on his LinkedIn. According to Mage, the Model Y has 76 cubic feet (2,158 liters) of space, which is exactly the same space he has in a standard two-row Model Y with his second row seats folded down. is. Without folding seats, the Model Y's storage space is only 30.2 cubic feet.
Believe it or not, Tesla doesn't actually build cars like this in its factories. After producing standard or long-range vehicles, the vehicles are handed over to a vehicle outfitting group called Gruau. The group manufactures specialized vehicles that perform missions such as medical transportation, funerals, law enforcement, and food service. Maguet says the Model Y can be configured for multiple rear shelf configurations, including luggage covers, drawers, protective grilles and anchor points.
For Tesla, this means further exploiting government subsidy loopholes in the name of its customers. France allows companies to exempt local TVS taxes on vehicles used commercially, as long as the vehicles meet certain standards. One of these is the seating configuration, which Tesla does by equipping the Model Y with only two front row seats.
To be honest, government subsidies are polarizing, so I have to hand it to Tesla. That is dedication. Tesla knows its market well and understands how to adjust its products to local laws to gain additional market share. That was the case when the Model 3, which had a range of just 94 miles, was sold in Canada, so it's no wonder the automaker devised this easier workaround just for French business customers.
At the time of writing, this vehicle cannot be ordered directly from Tesla's French stores. Tesla advertises this configuration as a business-to-business (fleet) purchase, which seems logical given the intended purpose of Tesla's vehicles. Unfortunately, that means we don't know how much it will cost compared to a typical Model Y.
Tesla said it plans to parade the vehicle at various stores in France starting this month and running through the summer.
