New “Chinese” Tesla Model Y: We know its power
This page is translated from the original post "Nouvelle Tesla Model Y “chinoise” : on connaît sa puissance" in French.
- 17/10/2023 16:07
Tesla announced a technical update – not aesthetic – for its Model Y for the Chinese market in September. For now…
Regain appeal. And quickly. Otherwise, the Shanghai Chinese factory will soon operate at a rate too low to ensure profitability. With sales plunging in China for the past three months, Tesla has no choice but to revitalize its products… or resign itself to lowering their prices.
The myth of the expensive electric car is over, and prices will now only continue to fall, fall, fall… Unavoidably. Regarding the Tesla Model Y, we’ve known since September that the technical specifications would change with more power and range. We now have figures from homologation documents to support these claims.
It is thus learned that the upcoming Propulsion models leaving the Chinese assembly lines will feature new wheel covers and fog lights, and the battery will be of lithium iron phosphate (LFP) type supplied by CATL.
Next, the power: it would increase from 194 to 220 kW, roughly from 264 to 298 horsepower. This is where performance improvements would reside, with a one-second gain on the 0 to 100 km/h sprint, down to 5.9 seconds from the previous 6.9 seconds.
It remains to be seen whether this specification will soon arrive in Europe. It is reasonable to think so.
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