This is the Updated Tesla Model Y

by Chris Teague

Published: January 13th, 2025

Spy shots of the updated Tesla Model Y have been floating around for a little while now, but we don’t have to rely on leaks any longer. Tesla debuted the new EV in China last week, showing off significant styling updates, new tech, and a revised interior.

Pricing for the new Model Y starts at just under $36,000 at today’s conversion rates, a more than five-percent bump over the previous vehicle. Tesla opted to launch locally in China ahead of a global debut, but we don’t know when it will come to the States. The updated Model Y promises up to 447 miles of range on the CLTC cycle, and can reach 100 km/h (around 62 mph) in 4.3 seconds with all-wheel drive.

The new design is sleeker and more modern looking than the previous generation, and Tesla said the shape helps improve aerodynamics and efficiency. The Y also features revised suspension, wheels, and tires to improve the ride quality and noise levels.

Like the recently-updated Model 3, the new Model Y gets a 15.4-inch front touchscreen and an 8-inch rear display. Passengers can control media settings from any seat, and the infotainment system features improved navigation and gaming functionality. Full Self-Driving Supervised is available.

[Images: Tesla China]

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Chris Teague

Chris grew up in, under, and around cars, but took the long way around to becoming an automotive writer. After a career in technology consulting and a trip through business school, Chris began writing about the automotive industry as a way to reconnect with his passion and get behind the wheel of a new car every week. He focuses on taking complex industry stories and making them digestible by any reader. Just don’t expect him to stay away from high-mileage Porsches.

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Golden2husky on Jan 13, 2025

After seeing how much private data is taken by Tesla as witnessed in the CyberTruck explosion by Trump hotel news release, there is no way I'd ever buy on of their products.

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- SCE to AUX on Jan 13, 2025
  
  The camera recording can be disabled (it uses power), although the Turo owner may keep it enabled. Charging data and locations are easily gathered, just like an IP address.
  If you don't want to be tracked when filling, don't use a credit card at a gas station. Better yet, don't go outside, since cameras are everywhere now. And don't turn on your cell phone, since the towers can triangulate your location even with "location" turned off.
  Oh, and use a fake license plate to trick the cameras.
  
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- Zerofoo on Jan 13, 2025
  
  "If you don't want to be tracked when filling" - Pay cash, wear a balaclava with sunglasses, leave the mobile phone at home, and drive the Tim's used car of the day 1988 Shelby Cobra listed a couple of weeks ago.
  
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TT on Apr 10, 2025

Yeah sure. It's "new".
It looks pretty much like the design it is replacing.

I will NEVER buy any vehicle, ICE, hybrid, or EV, that wants to sell me an expensive non existent dash, that has a large iPad slapped onto the center of the dashboard, and calls that, "innovative".

Suck it Tesla. Other vehicle manufacturers who do know how to design an interior have already proven that your designs suck.

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