The Standard Range Model Y has disappeared from Tesla’s online ordering page. People looking to purchase the all-electric crossover will need to spend at least $48,990 for the Long Range all-wheel drive variant. It’s not clear why the variant was removed. It’s strange for the Standard range Model Y disappeared days after it also received a... READ FULL ARTICLE
My WAG is Tesla got reliable word legislation for the renewal of the fed tax credit ($7k or whatever) is imminent and thus decided to kill the SR Y so that people could still effectively get a $41k Model Y (49 - fed tax credit). So to maximize revenue, they killed the SR Y for the time being. The more puzzling thing is why they dropped the price of the SR Y by $2k just prior to killing it altogether.
My guess it would be to sell the rest of SR Y that they have pre-produced or had in mind a specific number to produced to a specific point in time.
It's another real surprise to me. I don't know if it's good news or bad news for what I really want: LR RWD. Having it available for such a short time shows either a lack of strategic planning or a willingness to try stuff out and make changes quickly - I prefer the second.
Posted today at Electrek: Tesla Model Y Standard Range is still available ‘off menu,’ but Elon Musk doesn’t like the range
I have a question. If one orders the Model Y without the self-driving option ($10,000), can that be added later? In other words, if we decide that we want to add the self-driving option at some point in the future, will that be possible or must it be ordered as part of the original build of the car? Thanks in advance for any info on this.
It can be added, but the cost may be higher. It should be $10K initially, and for a bit of time, but eventually it will likely go up.