{"id":13440,"date":"2021-11-14T09:03:10","date_gmt":"2021-11-14T14:03:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/auto\/?p=13440"},"modified":"2021-11-14T09:03:10","modified_gmt":"2021-11-14T14:03:10","slug":"1134162_tesla-model-y-base-price-breaks-60-000-tops-original-price-of-model-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=13440","title":{"rendered":"Tesla Model Y base price breaks $60,000, tops original price of Model S"},"content":{"rendered":"

The base price of the Tesla Model Y now tops $60,000, which is more than the original base price of the Model S from 2012.<\/p>\n

A recent perusal of Tesla’s website showed the base Model Y Long Range now starting at $60,190. This version has 318 miles of range, dual-motor all-wheel drive, and can do 0-60 mph in 4.8 seconds, per Tesla. The Model Y Performance\u2014the only other trim level available\u2014starts at $65,190. It’s rated 303 miles of range, but can do 0-60 mph in a claimed 3.5 seconds.<\/p>\n

\"2021<\/p>\n

2021 Tesla Model Y<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

With the absence of a Model Y Standard Range, that makes the base price of the Model Y $17,000 more than earlier this year<\/a>, when the Standard Range variant was still available. Tesla just raised the base price of the Model Y by $2,000 in early October<\/a>. This latest increase, done in the shadow of an expected EV tax credit revamp<\/a> that would once again make some Tesla vehicles eligible, raises the price by another $4,000.<\/p>\n

For reference, the original base price of the 2012 Model S<\/a> was $57,400 (plus destination). By later in 2012, the 2013 model<\/a> was bumped up to $59,900. Today’s version of the Model S has far more standard range, standard all-wheel drive, more sophisticated tech, and a $96,190 base price.<\/p>\n

\"Production<\/p>\n

Production simplification for Model Y vs. Model 3 – from Tesla Q1 2020 report<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tesla is preparing to begin Model Y production at its new Texas factory. Cars built in Texas will have higher-density 4680 battery cells<\/a> plus new body-structure production methods. The larger 4680 cells may also be what finally gets the long-delayed Tesla Semi into production. Tesla has said its modest ramp-up of those cells so far could allow for some deliveries before the end of the year.<\/p>\n

Tesla has also indicated that Model 3 and Model Y vehicles with lithium iron phosphate (LFP) cells\u2014a chemistry currently used only in China\u2014are likely for the United States market as well. Perhaps that will bring the Model Y back into the realm of affordability for more families.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The base price of the Tesla Model Y now tops $60,000, which is more than the original base price of the Model S from 2012. A recent perusal of Tesla’s website showed the base Model Y Long Range now starting at $60,190. This version has 318 miles of range, dual-motor all-wheel drive, and can do […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8313,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13440\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}