Tesla’s redesigned Model Y is here — but not in the US or Europe

Jan 10, 2025 06:54 PM - 1 week ago 9711

Tesla has officially revealed the latest type of its Model Y crossover pursuing images leaking online that teased the EV’s redesign. Codenamed “Juniper,” the Model Y 2025 refresh is now live connected Tesla’s website successful China and different Asia-Pacific markets pinch deliveries expected to statesman successful March.

It’s the astir important update to the Model Y creation since it first launched successful 2020, which became the first EV to apical world car sales past year. Notably, the caller variant launching successful Australia intelligibly shows a beingness move awesome stalk, which had different been replaced by capacitive buttons connected recent Teslas.

The refresh comes aft Tesla knowledgeable its first year-over-year driblet successful sales since the institution started mass-producing cars successful 2012 — pinch CEO Elon Musk’s antagonistic behavior suspected to person contributed to the decline.

The wrong compartment of the Tesla Model Y 2025 refresh, showing a beingness move talk connected the steering wheel.

Blessed be, is that a move stalk I spot wrong the updated cabin? Good news for capacitive-button haters.

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There are 2 specifications of the Model Y disposable astatine motorboat according to the Chinese website listing. The 263,500 Chinese yuan (about $35,935) rear-wheel thrust version features an estimated scope of up to 593 kilometers (about 368 miles), while the 303,500 Chinese yuan (about $41,390) long-range type tin supposedly scope 719 kilometers (about 446 miles). These are “estimated” ranges based connected China’s CLTC driving rhythm standard, however, which Electrek notes isn’t arsenic strict arsenic the US EPA system.

Both specs person a apical velocity of 201 kilometers per hr (about 124 mph), and highest charging speeds stay astatine 250kW. Tesla says that the tires, wheels, and suspension person been updated to supply a smoother, quieter ride, pinch 19- and 20-inch instrumentality options disposable connected some models. The estimated conveyance ranges person been calculated utilizing the smaller 19-inch instrumentality configurations. A capacity type has yet to beryllium announced.

Here’s a person look astatine the exterior of the Tesla Model Y 2025 refresh.

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Here’s a person look astatine the exterior of the Tesla Model Y 2025 refresh.

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The caller Model Y different features galore of the aforesaid improvements arsenic the 2023 Model 3 sedan update, including higher ratio and performance, an eight-inch touchscreen show for rear passengers, and a quieter compartment pinch an ambient lighting portion moving throughout. The backmost seats tin beryllium folded down electrically to grow the full retention capacity to 2,138 liters, and there’s a front-view camera to supply a wider section of position erstwhile utilizing assisted driving features.

There’s a caller eight-inch infotainment strategy for rear passengers to play with... ...and the beforehand and rear lights connected the conveyance person been updated to sleek, coagulated ray bars.

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There’s a caller eight-inch infotainment strategy for rear passengers to play with...

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The exterior creation doesn’t look terribly different from its predecessor, prevention for a fewer changes for illustration switching the headlights and tail lights for slimmer ray bars that agelong crossed the beforehand and rear of the vehicle. The beforehand and backmost ends person besides been somewhat reshaped, which “effectively improves the vehicle’s endurance, performance, and work life,” according to Tesla.

It’s unclear erstwhile we tin expect the redesigned Model Y to motorboat successful different markets for illustration the US and Europe. Mass accumulation of the vehicles is expected to commencement successful Shanghai this period though, and we cognize that it took the Model 3 update astir 4 months to scope the US past year.