Earlier this year, Tesla began production of the Model Y at Giga Texas., its new plant on American soil. Compared to the models assembled in Fremont, Giga Berlin and Giga Shanghai, the Texan units are distinguished by a series of technical improvements that should later be extended to the rest of the company’s global production.
Thus, the Giga Texas Model Ys have structural batteries; what’s more, they mount cells with the new formed 4680, which will later come to other models such as the Cybertruck pick-up. Let us remember that the Berlin, Fremont and Shanghai versions equip an independent pack with 2170 cells, the same ones that we can find in the Model 3.
At the moment, Giga Texas manufactures a single variant, the Model Y Standard Range AWD, which homologates a range of 449 km EPA And it can complete the 0 to 60 miles per hour (0-96.6 km/h) in 5 seconds. With a starting price of $61,990, it currently stands as the cheapest option within the Model Y family.
Although so far the versions Long Range AWD y Long Range AWD Performance for the US market they were produced exclusively in Fremont, everything seems to indicate that soon they will also begin to leave the Giga Texas lines, as some reservists have received some VIN (chassis number) that indicate that their units will come from the new factory .
The Tesla Model Y Standard Range AWD offers 449 kilometers of autonomy
The Model Y Long Range AWD announces 533 km EPA of autonomy, while the Performance stays in 514 km EPA. However, we must remember that these figures correspond to Fremont models equipped with conventional batteries and 2170 cells; therefore, it is possible that the Texas version improves those specifications.
All in all, we cannot lose sight of the fact that at the time Tesla announced that Giga Texas would produce the Model Y with 2170 and 4680 cells interchangeably; therefore, the new format may be reserved for the Standard Range AWD for the time being. Despite this, it is expected that the Long Range AWD of Texan origin maintains the structural batteries of its smaller brother, which should result in some improvements in terms of weight and efficiency, even if Tesla decides to maintain the capacity of the pack so that there are no differences with respect to units from Fremont.
Fuente | Teslarati
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