2025 Tesla Model Y.
Last Updated:
Another day, another set of images of a camouflaged Tesla Model Y prototype driving around.
As we already know, the Tesla Model Y will soon be getting a mid-cycle refresh. Which will include the improvements the Model 3 got last year. With a quiet and smoother ride. Better built quality and a brand-new interior. however, that interior still looks a lot like the previous one. Especially to people who are not current Tesla owners. Nothing like what they did with the Model S interior a few years ago, which looked completely different. As we can see in these new spy shots, the Model Y will also be getting new front and rear-end designs.
Unlike the revised 2024 Model 3, the 2025 Model Y is also rumored to get a new larger battery at least as an option. The new unit would be about 10% larger than what is currently offered.
At least in China, the revised Model Y could also be offered in a longer wheelbase version with a real 3rd-row seat. This means 6 or 7 seats could be available (6 with captain-style chairs). That could broaden the appeal of the Model Y in the US as well. Since Tesla has nothing to offer between the Model Y and the $80,000 Model X.
The Model Y came out 5 years ago. Some kind of a refresh is badly needed especially after the 2024 revised Model 3 which now has a better interior and is more comfortable to drive.
The Tesla Model Y is still popular, but after 5 years things are starting to fade a bit. And crazy Elon’s current radical political “career” isn’t helping Tesla’s image around the world. It also seems Tesla is the last thing on his mind these days.
Over 385,000 of them were sold in the US last year. So far in 2024, that number shrunk to under 220,000. It also lost ground in Europe where it went from being the best-selling car last year to number 6 in 2024.
After 5 years, every car model needs a little something new. However, new lights and Model 3 interior might not really be enough to keep things at such a high level for the Molde Y. The competition isn’t sitting still either. Especially in China where it seems, there’s a new “Model Y competitor ” every week or so.
Production of the revised Model Y is rumored to start in just a few weeks in China.