I've decided to order a MY and have been looking around and educating myself before I do. I have a couple of questions:
1. I've seen a few references to vehicles delivered with or without rear PPF and mud flaps. Are they standard now, or something you configure in down the road so that it's already done for you when you take delivery.
2. Any clues when MYs with the new battery and structural battery pack will be available? At this point I feel like if I place an order now it might literally be December or later, and by then those updated configurations might be becoming available. No clue if the updates will happen automatically or will be a different option or what. But if waiting a few months means the next gen Y I'd be inclined to do it.
3. Same thing with a potential reinstatement of the federal tax credit. A credit of potentially $10,000 seems worth waiting for, especially if you would end up with the next gen too.
I'm tempted to put an order in now just to get in the cue, then see what happens with these other things and push it back three months if it'll make a difference. Is anybody else thinking about these things?
And yes, I know if I wait for the latest Tesla I'll never stop waiting, and that makes sense to me if you're talking about matte trim or a USB stick in the glove box. But getting the next gen Model Y and/or a $10K rebate is orders of magnitude more significant and seem worth waiting for if we're only talking two or three months. Is anybody else waiting for these sorts of things, or is there any info out there when to expect the next gen to be available for order?
The PPF and mud flaps seem to be a regional thing and hit or miss. Some have talked about having it on their newly delivered cars, while others haven’t. From what I have seen through the last few hundred pages of this thread, the majority are not being delivered with it. I could be wrong about that.
The new battery and frame, I think that one is a tougher one, Elon said that all Model Ys out of giga TX will have the new frame and batteries. It looks like they could be producing at some capacity out of giga TX in Q3, like a tent type situation like they have/had in Fremont. However, just by global shortages and Elon talking about the new cells being challenging to make, Q3 for the batteries…I personally don’t know about that one, and that is my limited knowledge about the cells and the production of them. I know that Panasonic has been working on some test production runs, so who knows that could very well be one of those Elon announcements that he does on the quarterly calls.
Also note that even if the new pack is in the car, they may reduce the kWh on the battery to keep the same range as the cars have now to be able to supply more with limited production of the new cells. Knowing they are itching to get the cyber truck out as well. If they do choose to go that route, the first version MY with the new cells may not have a lot more benefits, from a range perspective.
The credit could happen, may not.
My wife and I had the exact same thinking as you, but we put the order in because we moved down to one car last year for a few reasons, mainly because we don’t need two cars when we are both home all the time. But now with our son starting school and our offices starting to open back up, our decision was made for us, we were hoping to wait for the new battery pack, but ultimately we are going to need another car, it has to be electric and I have wanted a Tesla for years. I think we will be happy with our decision even if they launch the new car a week after we get delivery.
So the question is can you wait? If so, I would wait for the new pack with the increased range, although then you risk of a longer wait due to demand and/or a price increase….or a price decrease.
sorry I didn’t help you at all, I think you will be happy either way as long as you set your expectations of having to wait
@BitJam said it better and beat me to it, don’t listen to mine.
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