I picked up my MY this week with the hitch option. Was told by my delivery person the hitch didn’t come with the car and I had to schedule a service to install it. When I did, service said, remove the dust cover and your hitch is there and Eureka it was!! It is a very solid 2” receiver.
My only issue is this; the dust cover is really difficult to remove but when it is, the bumper cover looks like something is missing. On most of my cars with hitches, the trim area around the hitch is finished and the receiver is exposed all of the time. It is an SUV I don’t mind having the hitch showing. I think that Tesla should either make the dust cover easier to remove and reinstall or provide a trim piece to “dress” the opening so you can take the cover off and have the hitch exposed. It does seem if I leave the cover off street crud will collect in the area below the hitch as it doesn’t seem to have anywhere to go.
Yeah, I got my MY with Tow 3 weeks ago and the same thing... the delivery agent gave me a "WE OWE YOU" statement but when I got home I said- HEY, why do I have Tow Mode? Popped off the plate and there it was... and I've already used it for my bike rack- soon to really tow something.
I COMPLETELY AGREE with the aftermarket comments. In fact, the very day I popped off the cover I emailed Abstract Ocean with a suggestion for a cover that can be attached via the receiver, not the edges (like twist something in the middle to expand into the receiver) and they replied in under 24hrs with:
"Thanks for the suggestion! Sounds like a really good idea! I'm adding it to our board!"
So I'm hopeful they will come up with something. Right now we'll be using the bike rack a lot so I'll just leave it open (not to mention as a Model Y in NY with a tow hitch- its like a rainbow unicorn sighting when we park- always get a question from someone). Glad to talk about my MY- its a great car.