The entry-level model of the best-selling battery-electric automobile within the U.S. – Tesla Mannequin Y Lengthy Vary AWD – is now not anticipated to be delivered this 12 months in the case of newly positioned orders.

The producer’s web site reveals that the estimated supply time for the bottom model is January 2023.

There’s a solution to get the automobile sooner, in 2022, nevertheless it requires deciding on some choices:

• 20″ Induction Wheels ($2,000): October, 2022
• Paint (Blue – $1,000, Black – $1,500 or Purple – $2,000): October, 2022
• Full Self-Driving Functionality ($12,000): June, 2022

The producer seems to prioritize orders with choices to easily improve revenues and doubtlessly additionally margins per automobile.

Nevertheless, contemplating the worth will increase, the automobiles with choices are getting increasingly costly.

In current weeks, Tesla has noticeably elevated costs of all its automobiles within the US (after a smaller improve of NCM-powered Mannequin 3/Mannequin Y).

Within the case of the Mannequin Y LR AWD, the worth elevated by a complete of $4,000, from $58,990 to $62,990 (with out DST). Let’s recall that on the finish of December 2020, the worth was $48,490. In different phrases, the bottom worth elevated by $14,500 or 30% inside 15 months.

For reference, the Tesla Mannequin 3 Lengthy Vary AWD now begins at $54,490, in comparison with $45,490 on the finish of December 2020. The rise is $9,000 or 20% inside 20 months.

The entry-level Tesla Mannequin 3 RWD (former SR+) is cheaper, however because it seems, even if the present model is supplied with the LFP battery, it is also dearer. It begins at $46,990, in comparison with $36,490 on the finish of 2021. The rise is $10,500 or 29%.

The Mannequin 3 RWD has an estimated supply time of August 2022 (July, if mixed with larger wheels or non-obligatory paid colours). The Full Self-Driving Functionality (FSD) choice accelerates the estimated supply time to Might.