Even if the primary buyer deliveries of the all-new Made-in-Texas (MIT) Tesla Mannequin Y have already begun, the producer didn’t formally announce pricing or specs but.

In accordance with the media, about 20 vehicles have been delivered on the Cyber Rodeo occasion, held on April 7 on the Tesla Giga Texas plant however it appears that evidently the primary batch of the vehicles was envisioned for workers solely (at the very least one buyer was confirmed).

In accordance with Drive Tesla Canada, new stories – primarily based on Reddit posts and inner e mail despatched to Tesla staff every week in the past – reveal that Tesla will provide the primary MIT vehicles at a value of $59,990 (USD), which might be some $3,000 lower than the present value of the Mannequin Y Lengthy Vary AWD. As we perceive, it was additionally the worth for these staff.

It is excellent news that the worth is decrease, however let’s not neglect that the brand new MIT model has additionally a barely decrease EPA vary – 279 miles (449 km) vs 330 miles (531 km), assuming the identical 19″ wheels. Additionally, the acceleration is a bit slower – 0-60 mph in 5.0 seconds as an alternative of 4.8 seconds.

Let’s summarize what we unofficially know/anticipate concerning the new Tesla Mannequin Y Normal AWD (Twin Motor):

• value of $59,990
• 279 miles (449 km) of EPA vary (19″ wheels)
  [EPA description]
• 0-60 mph (96.5 km/h) in 5.0 seconds
• prime pace of 135 mph (217 km/h)
• structural battery pack
  4680-type cylindrical battery cells (undisclosed chemistry)

The present Tesla Mannequin Y Lengthy Vary AWD:

• value of $62,990
• 330 miles (531 km) of EPA vary (19″ wheels)
• 0-60 mph (96.5 km/h) in 4.8 seconds
• prime pace of 135 mph (217 km/h)
• 2170-type cylindrical battery cells (NCA chemistry, Tesla Gigafactory 1 – Panasonic)

Among the numbers of the brand new Mannequin Y have been reportedly famous within the Tesla’s web site code (through Tesla Motors Membership):

There are nonetheless extra questions than solutions. An attention-grabbing factor to look at shall be whether or not Tesla will hold each variations of the automotive or after a while if it’s going to take away the present Lengthy Vary AWD model and change it with a brand new 4680-type, with an extended vary.