Model Y unveiling event 2019-03-14 (official thread)

[Pushmi-Pullyu]

Does it for the 3-series vs X3/X4? A4 vs Q5?

I don't know; I don't claim to be a "car guy". And as a Tesla fan, I'll be quite happy if I'm wrong on this point.

 

[StealthP3D]

You need lower priced options if you want to claim you have a mass market vehicle. Plenty of 2wd SUV’s out there.

And how do those other 2WD SUV's compete with the Model Y except purely on price?

 

[dnvr-ev]

If a 2011 Nissan Leaf and a Tesla Model 3 had a love child you would get a Model Y.

 

[Ulmo]

OK, so playing with the configurator images in GIMP...

Wheelbase: 628.3 px for the Model Y, 614.8 px for the Model 3
Wheel diameter (front wheel, known to be 18"): 120.0 px for the Model Y, 124.8 px for the Model 3

So, some of the third row space? It's coming from longer wheelbase. I'd estimate 3060 mm or so, which actually makes it longer wheelbase than the Model X. (There is some room for significant error here, though, and small parallax shifts can create big errors.)

I hope so!

 

[StealthP3D]

After looking through the photos/video on the website, I will say this.

The Y looks far better than the X. Very nice proportions. And this is from someone who has never liked crossovers or SUVs.

I have to agree with that, it doesn't look like a beached whale on wheels!

 

[Maximilien]

For some reasons, I don't feel the Driven Vibe of Model 3.

I don't know... Whole presentation today just felt a bit "underwhelming." YMMV

 

[sreams]

If a 2011 Nissan Leaf and a Tesla Model 3 had a love child you would get a Model Y.

Uh... not really. The old Leaf looks like they filled it full of vaseline and squeezed it out to get the headlights... and from the rear, it looks like it has a full diaper.

 

[Pushmi-Pullyu]

Elon said the FSD software would be 'feature complete by the end of the year'. That means they'll have an alpha version build by then.

Thank you for the correction. I took "feature complete" to mean actual full self-driving -- which is what "FSD" literally means -- in production cars. But perhaps Elon meant it in a much more restricted way.

 

[sreams]

For some reasons, I don't feel the Driven Vibe of Model 3.

I don't know... Whole presentation today just felt a bit "underwhelming" YMMV

Presentation was super boring. Car looks great. Which do you think matters more?

 

[Pushmi-Pullyu]

I don't know... Whole presentation today just felt a bit "underwhelming." YMMV

Sad to say I felt the same way. Maybe I've seen too many Tesla "reveal" events, or maybe some of Elon's enthusiasm has evaporated. The tone of the event was more like "This is the latest version of the Model 3" instead of "Here is OUR NEW MODEL!!"

 

[Drumheller]

It is a rear liftgate

 

[Maximilien]

Elon was laughing a lot today and it was funny to hear tho. I was like "did he smoke before the reveal?"

 

[StealthP3D]

How many of you are saving on gas?

Is this a serious question? I don't think there's a populated place on the entire NA Continent that has gas so cheap and electricity so expensive that it's not a considerable savings.

 

[BluestarE3]

Still no word on the liftgate/hatch. Have to assume it's powered.

At the end of Zac and Jesse's test ride, someone tried to open the rear hatch from the outside and he was hastily stopped by a Tesla employee. Something tells me maybe that hatch either isn't functional or hasn't been finalized yet?

 

[Drumheller]

At the end of Zac and Jesse's test ride, someone tried to open the rear hatch from the outside and he was hastily stopped by a Tesla employee. Something tells me maybe that hatch either isn't functional or hasn't been finalized yet?

Marquees (spelling?) said it has a power liftgate, after his test ride.

 

[Ulmo]

Ok granted, but he could at least rehearse the presentation a few times instead of seemingly winging the whole thing. It could have been more structured and they definitely should have spent more time talking about and showing the Y.

I accept your differences. I think he rehearsed it just enough to address each point without trying to sound overly polished. Overly polished sounds like crap and a liar. Tesla can ill afford to put forth the sense that it's being run by a liar.

 

[ChrisH]

assuming someone is driving a gas powered car, a certain number of miles, and gas prices necver change ********************************

It doesn’t matter how many miles you drive. It’s about 3 cents per mile for the model 3 and 9 cents or more per mile for comparable gas cars. So yes, the more miles you drive the more you save but you asked if people were saving money. Yes. All of us are.

 

[Canuck]

If you want to actually seat 7 people and put a stroller in the car, then you aren't looking at the right class of vehicle.

My kids are all grown so it's a moot point for me, but when we bought in 2013 the frunk fit a stroller and groceries, and the car seated 7 (admittedly with two who must be small kids). So it seems she had a good question about the size of the frunk to me. I said to her the old large frunk is gone for good, unfortuantely, because of dual motors -- but is that always needed to give up this?

Closing frunk

Just asking -- and thinking outside the new small box!

 

[Frunkenstein]

Looking at one of the videos, it appears to have an Alcantara headliner in there. True?

 

[Ulmo]

It is clearly pictured on the website.

Awesome! Thank you. More stuff from there:

300 mi
The longest electric range of any sport utility vehicle on the road

15 min
Recharge 168 miles in 15 minutes at Supercharger locations