The refreshed Model Y, codenamed Juniper, expected to have similar features as the refreshed “Highland” Model 3, is will start mass production in China next month, according to local media.
The news was reported through local news site LatePost and broadcast to the entire English-speaking world via CnEVPost.
The original report basically covered the departure of Song Gang, the former director of Tesla’s Shanghai factory, who we reported on today.
The updated Model Y has been expected for some time and is expected to come with many of the innovations of the 2023 Model 3 refresh. The main features of this vehicle are a new front end, greater efficiency and a quieter cabin. But there have also been many other internal innovations (and one main new feature, the elimination of the guide column vanes).
And we know that it’s coming soon, because there have been plenty of sightings and leaks lately (including a 2-second video taken last week in San Jose). In October, Chinese social media said the refresh was about to enter trial production, and just days later we saw a photo of the refreshed Model Y outside the Shanghai factory.
So it’s not surprising that more information would leak about upcoming production again.
The report also suggests that the six-seater Model Y will begin production in Shanghai in the fourth quarter of 2025, so there is still a long way to go.
As for delivery times, the report does not specify when this could also happen. But it will possibly take some time, especially here in the United States.
When the Model 3 update was first released, deliveries began overseas and then took about five months for deliveries to begin in the United States. If the Model Y follows the same schedule, it may not be noticeable in the U. S. The U. S. to the middle of the year.
In terms of official comments from Tesla, all we’ve heard is that there likely won’t be an update for the Model Y “this year,” but it will be finished in two weeks, so the doors are wide open for the Model Y. to enter the market at any time. NOW.
Jameson has been driving cars since 2009 and covering vehicles, sustainability and policy for Electrek since 2016.
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