Tesla Mannequin Y refresh coming in subsequent few months, report says

A report is claiming that the Tesla Mannequin Y refresh is likely to be coming within the subsequent few months because the automaker plans a manufacturing unit shutdown at Gigafactory Shanghai.

Final summer time, Tesla launched the refresh model of the Mannequin 3 in Asia, Pacific, and Europe.

The brand new model of the favored electrical sedan has but to reach in North America, and but, Tesla has been rumored to already be making ready a refresh of Mannequin Y, which is intently associated to Mannequin 3.

The up to date model of the electrical SUV is anticipated to convey a number of the identical adjustments launched within the new Mannequin 3, together with just a few extra distinctive options.

Now a brand new report from Bloomberg claims that Tesla is making ready to convey the brand new model of Mannequin Y in manufacturing within the coming months.

The reviews mentions quantity manufacturing in “mid-2024” at Gigafactory Shanghai:

The US electrical carmaker is at the moment conducting preparation work in China for its refreshed Mannequin Y sport utility automobile and mass manufacturing might begin as quickly as mid-2024, the individuals mentioned, asking to not be recognized as a result of the knowledge isn’t public.

However it additionally says {that a} first batch would possibly come following a manufacturing unit shutdown and improve in the course of the New Yr vacation:

The primary batch of the most recent Mannequin Ys shall be constituted of the second part of Tesla’s Shanghai facility, which can droop manufacturing for round per week in the course of the New Yr vacation for a partial improve, one of many individuals mentioned. Extra changes should be made previous to mass manufacturing, they added.

It’s unclear if that is the upcoming New Yr vacation subsequent week or the Chinese language Lunar New Yr in February.

The report additionally states that the refresh goes to characteristic “far more apparent exterior and inside adjustments” than the Mannequin Y replace in China in October, which featured new ambient lighting and a few efficiency upgrades.

This new improve can be extra important and sure the undertaking codenamed Juniper that we’ve been listening to about since earlier this yr.

Electrek’s Take

Not many particulars on this report, but it surely does sound like Tesla is making ready to launch the brand new model of Mannequin Y.

It will be attention-grabbing to see how Tesla handles the transition as a result of Mannequin Y is at the moment Tesla’s money cow.

Any slowdown in manufacturing quantity amid a change to a brand new model could have a significant influence on the automaker’s enterprise. A clean versus troublesome manufacturing transition might make all of the distinction in Tesla’s Q1 2024 efficiency.