I’ve just received my final invoice from Tesla and on the Vin is a letter M for the date so it makes it a 2021 model so do you guys think it will have the bigger battery and updated chip in it??
I did ring Tesla last weekend and asked the question as it said a 2021 car in the app and they said it was the newer version so do you guys think it’s worth another phone call just to confirm it as I’d like the newer stuff on the car? Thanks
The only thing the Letter "M" and "N" in VIN signify is whether vehicle rolled off manufacturing on or before 31 Dec 2021 or after 1 Jan 2022, it has absolutely no relation to what parts or version of parts were used in the manufacture. Tesla is an exception and does not follow the Model Year method used by all other manufacturers, namely announcing a specific configuration of parts and options for a specific model year and begins the next/new model year from the August of the previous year. For example, a 2022 model year BMW, Porsche, Mercedes, Volkswagon, etc begin production from August 2021 and they will have 2022 options and specific 2022 functionality. The Registration number assigned by DVLA will only depend on the day the vehicle is registered and taxed. Tesla does not follow this model year methodology followed by everyone else and only look at whether manufacturing occurred on or before 31 Dec 2021 or after 1 Jan 2022 and the parts and functionality depends on just in time parts available to the factory on the day of manufacture. Most likely, the High-Voltage battery available for your vehicle rolled off the plant in 2021, will have the latest LG variant E5LD or previous version E5CD, 100% the AMD Ryzen MPU if manufactured after 15 Dec 2021 which is when they ran out of the Intel MPU, may have the Lithium-Ion or Lithium Iron auxiliary battery and 100% will have the older charge-only (not Data-enabled) USB Hub either fitted or maybe retrofitted at a later time. Hence there is no Model Year specific specification, with Tesla it is whatever parts are available and sourced at the time of manufacture.