New Tesla Model Y with Facelift Going into Production in January — Report

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We’ve lengthy been ready for a brand new, facelifted Tesla Mannequin Y (“Model Y Juniper”) to launch following the launch of the brand new, facelifted Tesla Mannequin 3 (“Model 3 Highland”). In spite of everything, they’re largely the identical automobile — the Mannequin Y being only a bit taller and longer. Initially, about three-quarters of the Mannequin 3 and Mannequin Y had been the identical. After all, Tesla couldn’t announce when the brand new Mannequin Y could be produced, since that might diminish gross sales of the present Mannequin Y, and Tesla at occasions tried to throw individuals of the scent.

For a very long time, I’ve anticipated the brand new Mannequin Y would go into manufacturing by the top of this 12 months. It seems like I wasn’t far off, as reporting is out that the brand new Mannequin Y will go into manufacturing in January at Tesla’s Shanghai manufacturing unit (which can also be the place the refreshed Mannequin 3 first launched). The refreshed Mannequin 3 began getting produced in Shanghai in September 2023 and deliveries started in October 2023.

Shanghai media outlet LatePost offers us with the information. The outlet provides {that a} 6-seat model of the Mannequin Y will start within the 4th quarter of 2025.

Deliveries of the unique Mannequin Y started in China in January 2021.

For a more in-depth look on what to anticipate within the refreshed Mannequin Y in comparison with the present one, effectively, simply watch our review of the Tesla Model 3 Highland and our comparison of it to my 2019 Tesla Model 3.