Bring the family
Motor Trend|August 2020
TESLA FINALLY BUILDS AN SUV PRICED AND SIZED FOR THE TYPICAL AMERICAN HOUSEHOLD
KIM REYNOLDS
Bring the family

Meet Jim and Dorothy Average. They’re the Average household. He’s 5-foot-9. She’s 5-foot-4. They have 1.9 kids (daughter Emma is of the opinion that younger brother, Liam, is the 0.9), and they live in Lebanon, Kansas, the geographic center of the country. They spent the national average of $38,000 for a nicely featured version of their mainstream compact SUV.

Although there might be shares of Tesla stock in their 401(k), they have never seriously considered one of its fancy, big electric SUVs—especially one that starts at $86,000, can hit 60 mph in 2.4 seconds, or has rising, electrically powered double-hinge doors. Nor have they shopped a smaller electric sedan that seemed to focus more on performance than packaging. These cars might be the toasts of the coasts and terrors of the test tracks, but you won’t find them in the Average driveway.

But at night, while sleeping their average seven hours, Jim dreams about Tesla’s flagship Model S sedan while Dorothy drives a Model X and Emma heads off to college next year in a Model 3. Because these battery-powered cars are indeed dream machines. Then their alarm clocks go off, and it’s back to reality. But today, perhaps we will experience a new reality.

That’s because Tesla has finally developed the electric car—or rather, electric SUV—for the Average driveway: the Model Y.

What’s that? You already want to know how much the Model Y costs?

This really matters, doesn’t it? Which is why I’ve brought you the cheaper of its first two launch trims, called the Long Range. The pricier one is the faster Performance model, which Christian Seabaugh is right now explaining to a young couple in Santa Monica who have a Tibetan mastiff and work at Paramount and Upworthy.

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ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.

هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة August 2020 من Motor Trend.

ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.

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