Tesla has just released a more affordable version of its recent refreshed model Y in North America, watching All Wheel Drive Long Range variant along with a single motor version that now costs $ 44,990 – $ 4,000 less than the faster and more powerful option.
Since being sales in the United States, Tesla offered only the refreshed model Y in a fully stressed launch version that came with exclusive paint colors, a rear spoiler and an aerodynamically optimized alloying wheel, but it cost a staggering $ 60,000.
This car was then connected to a cheaper long range all wheel drive variant, which started at $ 49,990, but many customers shouted for an even more affordable option that may have compromised about the performance that double engines deliver, while still offering the most generous battery range … 357 miles in total.
In response to a general cooling of the demand for Tesla vehicles in the US and Canada-with Electrek, reporting that the company has not had its typical backlog of orders to new model Y since it launched-is Cut-Price EV arrived at a central moment.
However, the long -standing rear -wheel drive version has been for sale in Europe and China for a number of months where sales have continued to fall.
According to CNN, sales of April fell 62% in the UK, 67% in Denmark and 81% in Sweden. Sales from its Shanghai plant fell 6% from the previous year in April.
Maybe the damage has been done and no matter how much Musk chooses to drop its prices, customers simply do not want to be seen in a Tesla.
Range rage for cybertruck -owners
News also emerged this week that Tesla has now officially abandoned its plans to produce a range battery package that would sit in Cybertruck’s load bed (eating in the room) and deliver the kind of reach that Elon Musk promised during launch in 2023.
Customers could shut down a small deposit for $ 16,000 optional extra, but inside EVS says these down payments are now repaid, which means that $ 100,000 Tri-engine cybertruck can only control 320 miles between charging, not the 500 once promised.
Just last month, Tesla quietly removed the possibility of placing a deposit of $ 2,000 on the range expanding the battery pack from its site, but it has now reached cybertruck customers to inform them that the project has been scrapped.
Unfortunately, this is just the latest in a wide range of disappointment for cybertruck owners, as together with a massive over-developed interval, the vehicle will also not receive the company’s auto-controller technology, which autonomously detects road markings and remains in orbit when Cruise Control is activated … similar to lane departure assistant systems found on many modern vehicles.
Instead, Tesla Cybertruck customers offer access to free full self-driving (FSD) for a year, but then the features disappear if the customer is unwilling to continue to cough up at $ 99 a month subscription fee.
Maybe Musk has seen one too many episodes of Black mirror, with ‘ordinary people’ clearly by repetition.
