Jay gets in the driver's seat of the new six-seat 2027 Tesla Model Y L and never touches the wheel. Tesla's designer and engineer explain everything from the hidden spoiler trick to why your brake pads may last the life of the car.

Tesla Chief Designer Franz von Holzhausen and Vice President of Vehicle Engineering Lars Moravy are back in the garage with a Launch Series Model Y L in Cosmic Silver with a Zen Gray interior. The L is for long wheelbase: about six inches more between the wheels and seven inches more overall. Most of that goes to the second and third rows. The third row gets about five and a half more inches of legroom, and the second row gets two captain's chairs. Tesla stopped selling the Model X, and Lars says the new car has more third-row room than the X ever did.

It's dual motor, 0 to 60 in 4.4 seconds "because we don't make slow cars," with up to 332 miles of EPA range. Even with the extra length, the drag coefficient is 0.216. The team got there with a spoiler that "virtually lengthens the car." Lars explains why the brakes rarely wear out: more than 95 percent of braking comes through the motors.

Then they drive. Jay doesn't touch the steering wheel from the garage to the road, the car pulls over for an ambulance, and Jay asks the questions everyone asks. What if you put a bag of cement in the driver's seat? Can you read a book? Who's liable in a crash? Lars explains that the robotaxis in Austin, Houston, Dallas, Tampa and Miami run with nobody behind the wheel, but in this car the responsibility is still the driver's. It's Jay's first drive where nobody drives.

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