Tesla Adds Decontented Model Y Awd Trim, Drops 'standard' Name From Lineup

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There's thing Tesla loves much than shuffling astir its trim levels for illustration deckchairs connected nan Titanic. Just 4 months aft adding nan bargain-basement (in features only) Model Y Standard to its lineup, Tesla is dropping nan "Standard" sanction and adding an all-wheel-drive version of nan profoundly decontented conveyance that'll beryllium supra nan base-level rear-drive model. It's besides changed up nan naming of nan Model 3, getting free of nan "Standard" moniker, but has yet to adhd an All-Wheel Drive variant. The guidelines is now called nan "Rear-Wheel Drive" and starts astatine nan aforesaid $38,630 arsenic before.

Anyway, nan guidelines Model Y starts astatine nan aforesaid $41,630, including destination, that it started astatine erstwhile nan Standard was introduced, but it's now simply called nan Rear-Wheel Drive. Above that is nan recently introduced Model Y All-Wheel Drive, which starts astatine $43,630. For that, you get a 0-60 of 4.6 seconds (which is nan aforesaid arsenic nan Premium AWD), 294 EPA-estimated miles of scope and each of nan different crappy treatments nan Model Y modular got, which I've kindly listed for you here. The large highlights are a smaller 69.5-kWh artillery pinch slower charging speeds (it tin only adhd 152 miles successful 15 minutes, according to Tesla), crappier wheels and lights, no panoramic solid roof and little tech inside.

From there, you tin bump up to nan Premium Rear-Wheel Drive astatine $46,630 (exactly $5,000 much than nan guidelines RWD) and nan Premium All-Wheel Drive astatine $50,630 (exactly $5,000 much than nan guidelines AWD), and those proceed connected pinch nan aforesaid Tesla Model Y features you cognize and emotion (if you're weird. Of course, supra that is nan big-dog Model Y Performance astatine $59,130, which gives you a 3.3-second 0-60 clip and a 155 mph apical speed. You don't request that car.

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It's benignant of absorbing that nan basal All-Wheel Drive keeps nan Premium's powerfulness standing but loses retired connected range. Since Tesla doesn't merchandise charismatic powerfulness numbers, it's safe to presume that it gets nan crappier artillery of nan Rear-Wheel Drive car but nan much powerful motors of nan Premium All-Wheel Drive. Strange company, Tesla is.

I'm not judge if nan summation of all-wheel-drive will beryllium capable to get customers to bargain into nan cheaper Model Y. Sure, it's only $2,000 to adhd AWD to nan cheapest car, but erstwhile you're astatine that point, you whitethorn arsenic good walk a small spot of other rate and outpouring for nan Premium Rear-Wheel-Drive. I conjecture that's a spot of a slippery slope.

From what I tin tell, Tesla has had problem moving nan "Standard" Model Ys successful its fleet. Anecdotally, I've only seen a fewer of them, and Tesla is offering 0% APR financing connected Model Y Rear-Wheel Drives correct now. It had a akin woody for nan Standard astatine nan extremity of past year. Hell, moreover nan recently minted Model Y All-Wheel-Drive tin beryllium had pinch 2.99% APR, which isn't unspeakable successful this time and age.

No matter really you portion it, though, this car isn't nan $25,000 Tesla we were promised oh, truthful galore years ago. Elon Musk has each but fixed up connected that, choosing alternatively to focus connected his robot and cars that'll decidedly beryllium driving themselves immoderate time now.