A brand new report from the Tesla provide chain in China claims that the Tesla Mannequin Y refresh is deliberate for Q1 2025.
After the Mannequin 3 refresh launched final yr, we’ve been anticipating a Mannequin Y refresh to observe.
It began final yr with a Reuters report claiming Tesla was planning a Mannequin Y refresh referred to as Juniper for 2024.
Later, a Bloomberg report added that Tesla deliberate to launch a Mannequin Y refresh in “mid-2024”.
Tesla has shut does rumor down. Tesla and CEO Elon Musk have acknowledged that Tesla doesn’t plan to refresh the Mannequin Y “this yr.” It’s necessary to notice that each Tesla and Musk particularly talked about “this yr” when making an attempt to close down rumors of a brand new Mannequin Y.
It led many to assume {that a} refresh is coming, however for early subsequent yr.
Certain sufficient, we began to spot camouflaged Mannequin Y prototypes round California earlier this summer season, and extra not too long ago, a leak revealed just a few new design points which are coming to the Mannequin Y refresh.
Now, a brand new report from China, claiming to make use of info from Tesla’s provide chain, states that the refresh is coming within the first quarter of 2025 (translated from Chinese language):
Tesla Mannequin Y was the world’s best-selling automobile final yr. We’ve got discovered solely that Tesla plans to ship two modified Mannequin Y fashions subsequent yr. Amongst them, the 5-seat model of the brand new Mannequin Y, code-named “Juniper”, is predicted to be delivered within the first quarter; the opposite is the 7-seat model of the Mannequin Y, which is predicted to be delivered within the fourth quarter.
On prime of the refreshed Mannequin Y, Tesla can be reportedly planning to begin manufacturing of a 7-seat Mannequin Y at Gigafactory Shanghai quickly.
A 3-row seven seater model of the Mannequin Y is already out there within the US, however that is anticipated to be an upgraded model of the configuration for the Asian and European markets.
As earlier studies talked about, this one reiterates that a lot of the modifications made to the Mannequin 3 with final yr’s refresh will make it to the brand new Mannequin Y.
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