{"id":82204,"date":"2025-05-03T13:35:27","date_gmt":"2025-05-03T17:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=82204"},"modified":"2025-05-03T13:35:27","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T17:35:27","slug":"tesla-tsla-discounts-new-model-y-us-demand-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=82204","title":{"rendered":"Tesla (TSLA) discounts new Model Y in the US, pointing to demand issues"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tesla (TSLA) has started offering reduced interest rates on the new Model Y in the US \u2014 this equates to a direct discount on the brand new vehicle that was supposed to spark Tesla\u2019s demand back.<\/p>\n

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The automaker has announced \u201c1.99% APR or $0 Due at Signing available for well-qualified buyers\u201d on the new Model Y in the US for the first time:<\/p>\n

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This amounts to a direct discount worth a few thousand dollars. It is the first widely available discount on the new Model Y coming just weeks after the cheaper non-Launch Edition launched in the US.<\/p>\n

It follows a $2,000 direct discount that Tesla offered to early Model Y owners last week<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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These discounts and subsidized financing point to soft demand for the updated best-selling vehicle in the US. Tesla just delivered a disastrous first quarter, which it mostly blamed on the Model Y changeover, resulting in lower inventory.<\/p>\n

However, industry watchers, including Electr<\/em><\/span>ek, noted many signs that the Model Y changeover was not the only issue. Tesla added significantly to its inventory in the first quarter, and the wait times for the new Model Y were extremely short.<\/p>\n

Now, the discount weeks after launching the new Model Y confirm the soft demand in the US.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not as bad as Europe and China, where Tesla has already been offering 0% financing on the new Model Y for weeks<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Electrek\u2019s Take<\/h2>\n

I think it\u2019s clear by now: the new Model Y is not coming to save Tesla. <\/p>\n

Let\u2019s be honest: It will still be a significant vehicle program by volume. It just won\u2019t help Tesla return to growth this year.<\/p>\n

The RWD Model Y is still coming and has a chance to help in the US. It is already available in China, and it\u2019s not helping Tesla much there, but that\u2019s in a hyper-competitive market, especially at lower prices where the RWD Model Y operates.<\/p>\n

Tesla\u2019s performance in Q2 in China will be interesting since it is basically back to its regular lineup for the whole quarter.<\/p>\n

The US appears to have been Tesla\u2019s least affected market, but Q3 will be the real test with the full lineup and no backlog of demand for new Model Y.<\/p>\n

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Tesla (TSLA) has started offering reduced interest rates on the new Model Y in the US \u2014 this equates to a direct discount on the brand new vehicle that was supposed to spark Tesla\u2019s demand back. The automaker has announced \u201c1.99% APR or $0 Due at Signing available for well-qualified buyers\u201d on the new Model […]<\/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-82204","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\/82204","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=82204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82204\/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=82204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=82204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=82204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}