Image via @BLKMDL3 Tesla kicked off deliveries of Texas-made Model Y vehicles at its Cyber Rodeo event last week, with the first confirmed to include new 4680 battery cells, as we previously reported. At the Giga Texas factory was also a Model Y on display that was discovered to be a ‘Standard’ Dual Motor version […]
Giga Texas Model Y; Image via @BLKMDL3 According to changes made in Tesla’s website code, the company may be starting Giga Texas-made Model Y Standard Dual Motor vehicles soon. This is according to website code changes spotted by @Tesla_Adri, shared on Saturday morning. Seems like Tesla is preparing the order page for the Texas Model […]
Tonight was Tesla’s Cyber Rodeo event at its newest Gigafactory in Austin, Texas. Tesla threw an incredible event for invite-only participants, offering them a self-led tour of the factory, then CEO Elon Musk joined the stage after 9pm local time to share details about Tesla’s past, present and future. Later in the talk by Musk, […]
Tesla has launched its factory tour of Giga Texas right now at its Cyber Rodeo grand opening event. Participants are able to see both the first and second floors of Giga Austin. The tour offers a glimpse of how the Model Y is produced, offering a closer look at rear subframe, battery and subframe marriage, […]
On the eve of Tesla’s Cyber Rodeo at its new Gigafactory in Austin, Texas, it appears the company will celebrate the grand opening with deliveries of the first Model Y vehicles at the event. According to Jordan (@TesLaw22), he shared a screenshot showing an April 7, 2022, Model Y delivery appointment, at Giga Austin, located […]
Tesla’s Model Y and Model 3 were the U.K.’s #1 and #2 best-selling new cars, respectively, across all categories for March, which is historically the biggest month for new vehicle registrations in the country — reports the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). New car registrations overall were down 14.3% year-over-year to 243,479 units […]
Tesla Model Y pricing in Australia has reportedly leaked ahead of an imminent launch, reports Chasing Cars. Currently, only the Model 3 is available down under, but the Model Y will soon launch in single motor rear-wheel drive variants and the more powerful dual motor all-wheel drive Performance version. Australian pricing for the Model Y […]
Roughly seven months after the Tesla Model Y was registered with Israel’s Ministry of Transport, Tesla has officially started taking orders for the all-electric crossover in the country through its website (via @ConnectingODots). Israelis looking to get a Model Y will have to pay a pretty steep premium for the electric vehicle (EV), though, much […]
Now that Tesla’s new Gigafactory in Berlin, Germany, is operating at full throttle and delivering Model Ys, Tesla can gradually ween off its reliance on imports to meet European demand. Previously, all of Tesla’s orders in Europe were satisfied by vehicles imported from Giga Shanghai in China. There are, however, some differences between the vehicles […]
Last November, Tesla started including a new rear trunk cargo cover in China for its Model Y, which then spread to vehicles made at Giga Berlin-Brandenburg this month. Now, it appears the Model Y made at Giga Texas will also include this rear trunk cargo cover, as seen in a drone video flyover shared by […]
Tesla’s Gigafactory in Austin, Texas, continues to churn out Model Y vehicles in various colors, beyond the original black cars spotted. The latest video from Jeff Roberts filmed on Saturday shows red Model Y production is in full swing at the moment. A parking lot shows a batch of red, white, blue and black Model […]
The Tesla Model Y dominated the global plug-in vehicle market in February 2022 with a whopping 45,236 units sold, accounting for 8.3% of all plug-in vehicle sales during the month — reports CleanTechnica. Tesla’s Model 3 ranked second with 30,268 cars sold, while the Wuling HongGuang Mini EV trailed behind the pair with 26,116 units […]
Tesla has shared a new video today called “Flying Through Giga Berlin” and it is an incredible look of inside the new factory, filmed by a mini drone touring the newly-opened factory. You can see the nearly 3-minute video below, shared to the Tesla YouTube channel and on Twitter: Tesla’s video above shows off production […]
Tesla on Wednesday shared a new one-minute video showcasing its recent Giga Berlin Delivery Day, which took place at its new Gigafactory in Germany. The video shared from the Tesla Motors Instagram account provides an overview of the Model Y delivery event, with a mini drone able to fly throughout the factory and even capture […]
Tesla’s Gigafactory Berlin is officially delivering vehicles, and one observer showed off a Model Y Performance in what appears to be the electric SUV’s first delivery, from the Tesla service center in Mannheim, Germany. @Samuel_glb shared videos and photos of the newly delivered made-in-Germany Tesla Model Y Performance on Tuesday, saying two trucks arrived at […]
