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Behind the wheel: Kids test-drive Teslas in Vienna

Lila McNamara, 5, test-drives a red Tesla Model S for Kids during a driving event Sunday, May 22, 2016 in Vienna, Va. (草莓传媒/Kathy Stewart)
Lila McNamara, 5, test-drives a red Tesla Model S for Kids during a driving event Sunday, May 22, 2016, in Vienna, Va. (草莓传媒/Kathy Stewart)
(草莓传媒/Kathy Stewart via Twitter) (草莓传媒/Kathy Stewart)
Donna McNamara takes pictures of her daughter Lila McNamara as she test drives a Tesla car for kids Sunday, May 22, 2106 at Tesla Motors Tyco Road in Vienna, Va. Her daughter, Avery McNamara, 4, is sitting in her lap waiting for her turn to test out the Tesla. (草莓传媒/Kathy Stewart)
Donna McNamara takes pictures of her daughter Lila McNamara as she test drives a Tesla car for kids Sunday, May 22, 2106, at Tesla Motors Tyco Road in Vienna, Va. Her daughter, Avery McNamara, 4, is sitting in her lap waiting for her turn to test out the Tesla. (草莓传媒/Kathy Stewart)
(草莓传媒/Kathy Stewart via Twitter) (草莓传媒/Kathy Stewart)
Kids take the Tesla Model S for Kids for a 鈥渞oad test鈥 at Tesla Motors Tyco Road in Vienna, Va. on Sunday, May 22, 2016. (草莓传媒/Kathy Stewart)
Kids take the Tesla Model S for Kids for a 鈥渞oad test鈥 at Tesla Motors Tyco Road in Vienna, Va. on Sunday, May 22, 2016. (草莓传媒/Kathy Stewart)
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Lila McNamara, 5, test-drives a red Tesla Model S for Kids during a driving event Sunday, May 22, 2016 in Vienna, Va. (草莓传媒/Kathy Stewart)
Donna McNamara takes pictures of her daughter Lila McNamara as she test drives a Tesla car for kids Sunday, May 22, 2106 at Tesla Motors Tyco Road in Vienna, Va. Her daughter, Avery McNamara, 4, is sitting in her lap waiting for her turn to test out the Tesla. (草莓传媒/Kathy Stewart)
Kids take the Tesla Model S for Kids for a 鈥渞oad test鈥 at Tesla Motors Tyco Road in Vienna, Va. on Sunday, May 22, 2016. (草莓传媒/Kathy Stewart)

VIENNA, Va. 鈥 Tom McNamara didn鈥檛 think his girls would be driving so soon, especially since they are only 5 and 4 years old.

But on Sunday, his daughter Lila McNamara, 5, jumped into the red Tesla Model S for Kids during a driving event at Tesla Motors Tyco Road in Vienna, Virginia.

鈥淭hey鈥檙e pretty awesome,鈥 said Tom McNamara, adding that he鈥檚 jealous and wished he could fit into one of the kid-size Teslas. 鈥淭hey鈥檙e little Radio Flyer Tesla cars.鈥

Tesla is known for its fully electric cars. The 鈥淭esla Model S鈥 is a premium electric car. But on Sunday, grown-ups weren鈥檛 the only ones who got to test-drive the Tesla Model S. The kids also had a chance to take a Tesla for a spin.

The Tesla Model S for Kids by Radio Flyer is a hot seller and can travel up to speeds of 6 miles an hour. You can also buy an indoor car cover for the kids鈥 Tesla. It鈥檚 exactly like the car cover for the full size Model S but only in a mini version.

Tom McNamara said that when Lila was driving the Tesla she didn鈥檛 listen to any of the advice he was giving her. He said now he has an idea of what it鈥檚 going to be like teaching her how to drive when she鈥檚 a teenager. The family lives in D.C.

His wife, Donna McNamara said she鈥檚 never seen the Tesla cars for kids.

鈥淚 was telling my youngest daughter that even big ones (Tesla cars) in there for the adults are electric which is really cool they understand they don鈥檛 run on gas,鈥 she said.

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