Tesla seems to be teasing its upcoming stripped-down Mannequin Y, which is now anticipated to be unveiled on Tuesday, October seventh.
Yesterday, Tesla teased a product unveiling deliberate for October seventh with a cryptic picture of what seems to be a wheel, or wheel cowl, or a fan spinning.
Now, Tesla has launched a second teaser and this time, it options headlights:
Our primary guess with the primary teaser was the brand new stripped-down Mannequin Y, and this second teaser just about confirms it, because it options the identical headlights because the prototypes already noticed in public and leaked on the web site.
The automobile relies on the refreshed Mannequin Y launched earlier this yr, however Tesla eliminated many normal options to scale back the worth.
One of many options eliminated is the entrance gentle bar, with now simply the slim headlights remaining.
Tesla has been teasing the discharge of “extra reasonably priced fashions” since final yr, however there’s been confusion round what Tesla plans to launch.
As we’ve got reported for nearly a yr, CEO Elon Musk canceled Tesla’s deliberate “$25,000 EV” in favor of stripped-down variations of its Mannequin 3 and Mannequin Y.
Because of Tesla nonetheless referring to them as “new, extra reasonably priced fashions”, many individuals believed that Tesla would nonetheless carry to market new, cheaper fashions.
Actually, the automaker initially acknowledged that it will arrive within the “first half of 2025.”
The primary half of 2025 got here and went with out new, cheaper fashions. As a substitute, Tesla claimed that the “first construct” of the brand new mannequin was produced in June, and it’ll launch later this yr.
In July, Musk lastly confirmed that the primary “new reasonably priced mannequin” is in actual fact merely a Mannequin Y.
The brand new stripped-down Mannequin Y is codenamed E41 and is predicted to characteristic cheaper supplies and fewer options than the traditional Mannequin Y, which begins at $45,000 within the US.
It’s anticipated to be geared up with extra reasonably priced supplies, similar to a textile inside, and to lose the Mannequin Y’s glass roof, in addition to options just like the rear display screen and extra.
Electrek’s Take
The issue with this program is that, relatively than launching a brand-new mannequin, it is going to principally cannibalize Tesla’s current Mannequin Y gross sales.
At finest, it is going to increase Mannequin Y demand by ~10-15% when Tesla’s manufacturing capability is working at ~60%.
And to attain that, I believe the variant must be nearer to $35,000 than the $40,000 we’ve got seen in leaks earlier.
If that’s the case, I believe it is going to do the identical factor on the Cybertruck RWD that solely lasted a number of months as a result of folks felt they misplaced too many options for the $10,000 value distinction.
