Tesla has officially opened orders for the refreshed Model Y Performance in Canada, marking the long-awaited return of the Performance trim to the country. The newly updated model starts at $74,990 CAD (about $53,000 USD), with first deliveries scheduled for Q1 2026. Canada has gone a while without access to the Model Y Performance, as […]
Tesla has expanded its latest paint option to new markets, announcing that Marine Blue is now available for the Model Y Performance in Australia and New Zealand. The update was shared by the company’s local account on X, which wrote: “Marine Blue [is] now available for Model Y Performance in Australia & New Zealand.” Marine […]
Tesla fans in Canada won’t have to wait much longer for the new Model Y Performance. Tesla Vice President Raj Jegannathan confirmed this week that the refreshed high-performance crossover will launch in Canada during the first quarter of 2026. The announcement marks the end of a long wait for Canadian buyers, as Tesla has only […]
Tesla has officially begun producing the refreshed Model Y Performance at Giga Texas for the first time, according to longtime factory watcher Joe Tegtmeyer (@JoeTegtmeyer) on X. Until now, previous versions of the Performance variant were only built at Tesla’s Fremont factory for the U.S. market. With this move, all global versions of the Model […]
BBC’s Top Gear has published its first video review of Tesla’s refreshed Model Y Performance, which launched late last month in Europe and has since expanded to Australia and New Zealand. The review highlights Tesla’s incremental yet meaningful upgrades that set this new Performance trim apart from its predecessor. On the outside, the refreshed Model […]
Tesla is gearing up to hand over the keys of its refreshed Model Y Performance to customers for the very first time in Switzerland. Photos shared by Tesla Suisse Romande (@teslaswissclub) show the new “Juniper” Model Y Performance arriving at Tesla’s sales and delivery center in Bussigny, signaling that deliveries are imminent. The milestone comes […]
Tesla has started outbound deliveries of the refreshed Model Y Performance, according to the company’s official Tesla Manufacturing account (@gigafactories) on X. The milestone comes less than two weeks after production of the upgraded Performance variant began at Giga Berlin. The refreshed Model Y Performance, which launched in Europe late last month, brings notable upgrades […]
Tesla has officially brought the refreshed Model Y Performance to Australia and New Zealand, less than two weeks after debuting the upgraded performance SUV in Europe. In Australia, the new Model Y Performance starts at $89,400 AUD (around $58,350 USD), while in New Zealand it begins at $100,900 NZD (roughly $59,100 USD). You can now […]
Tesla has begun production of the new Model Y Performance at Gigafactory Berlin, the official Tesla Manufacturing account (@gigafactories) announced today on X. This comes just a week after the automaker officially launched the refreshed Performance variant of the Model Y in Europe. Production of the all new Model Y Performance started today at Giga […]
Tesla has officially launched the new Model Y Performance in Europe, introducing a raft of upgrades designed to improve both driving dynamics and everyday comfort. The updated Performance variant now goes from 0–60 mph in 3.3 seconds, slightly quicker than the outgoing version’s 3.5 seconds, while offering up to 308 miles of range (EPA cycle […]
New financing options are available for select German buyers of Tesla’s Model Y Performance, as detailed in an email shared on Sunday. Tesla is emailing some customers in Germany with a promotion offering new financing deals for the automaker’s Model Y Performance (via @Tesla_adri). In the emails, Tesla offers financing at 475 euros per month […]
According to the German publication TeslaMag.de, Tesla’s Berlin-Brandenburg Gigafactory is currently producing 86 Model Y Performance cars per day, claim unnamed sources. That works out to just over 600 cars per week — almost double the 350 units per week we reported the plant was piping out in April, but significantly less than Tesla’s goal […]
Tesla is already ramping up production at its new Gigafactory Berlin-Brandenburg, and with the first few weeks of deliveries beginning to go out, one driver has taken a Tesla out to the local race track. Top Speed Brothers shared a video on Monday documenting the first German-made Tesla Model Y Performance to hit the Nürburgring […]
Tesla constantly updates its vehicles with new features and other tweaks even during the production cycle, instead of waiting for mid-cycle updates or model-year changeovers to implement improvements. Production recently started anew at Tesla’s German Gigafactory in Berlin-Brandenburg, which is currently exclusively producing the Model Y. There are several differences between the Model Y units […]
Tesla’s Model Y Performance made in Berlin come with revised T1 Pirelli P-Zero PZ4 tires, as detailed in a pair of photos shared on Sunday (via Reddit). Pirelli’s T1 tires are a revised version of the company’s previous T0 tires, and they may include different compounds, structures and tread patterns, due to the way the […]
