Updated Tesla Model Y Reportedly Coming In 2024

As we are patiently waiting for big announcements connected Tesla’s 2023 Investor Day, a caller study gives america accusation connected an upcoming update for the Model Y with the codification sanction “Project Juniper”. The electrical crossover is said to diagnostic a fig of exterior and interior upgrades and is expected to participate accumulation adjacent year.

As reported by Reuters and according to unnamed sources adjacent to the matter, Tesla has already asked suppliers for quotes astir updated components of the Model Y and hopes to commencement accumulation successful October 2024. This puts it astir 1 twelvemonth aft the upcoming “Project Highland” upgrade for the Tesla Model 3 that volition reportedly spell into accumulation successful September 2023.

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The Model Y is Tesla’s best-selling conveyance successful China and Europe, and alongside the closely-related Model 3 takes up astir of its accumulation capableness with much than 1.2 cardinal income successful 2022. However, accrued contention from Chinese rivals has enactment unit connected Tesla to upgrade its offerings successful bid to clasp its presumption arsenic the world’s astir invaluable automaker.

The Model Y was primitively introduced successful 2019, with accumulation and deliveries starting successful 2020. Tesla typically upgrades the bundle and hardware of its EVs implicit the years, but the “Project Juniper” sounds similar a much extended revamp. This would necessitate Tesla to marque changes successful each of its large plants successful the US, China, and Germany, wherever the Model Y is being manufactured. According to caller reports, the automaker is already retooling the mill successful Shanghai, preparing it for the accumulation of the updated Model 3.

Tesla did not remark connected the reports but we expect to larn much astir some the Project Juniper and the Project Highland astatine the Investor Day which volition beryllium broadcasted from the Texas Gigafactory aboriginal today. There, Elon Musk volition besides speech astir Tesla’s next-generation platforms and the upcoming entry-level offering that is expected to outgo importantly little than the Model 3/Y to produce.