Tesla‘s Mannequin Y within the U.S. has simply gotten cheaper — should you do not thoughts having one much less motor, that’s.
The corporate has launched a brand new variant of its just lately redesigned Mannequin Y electrical SUV. Known as the Mannequin Y Lengthy Vary Rear-Wheel Drive, it begins at $44,990 earlier than federal tax credit score and native incentives.
For comparability, the Lengthy Vary All-Wheel Drive configuration begins at $48,990.
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This one ought to give Tesla a gross sales enhance.
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On your cash, you get only one motor driving the rear axle, with barely slower acceleration — taking the automobile from 0-60 mph will take you 5.4 seconds, versus 4.6 seconds on the All-Wheel Drive model. However you additionally get considerably extra vary: 357 vs. 327 miles, in keeping with Tesla.
Including the $7,500 federal tax credit score takes the automobile’s worth to $37,490. Deliveries begin in three to 5 weeks, nevertheless, whereas the All-Wheel Drive variant is out there instantly.
The cheaper model of Tesla’s best-selling automobile ought to give gross sales a lift, and Tesla wants it, given it simply had a fairly terrible quarter. It is value noting that Tesla gross sales have plummeted in Europe and that is although the Rear-Wheel Drive Mannequin Y has been out there in lots of markets there for a couple of weeks now.
