If the article at Business Insider is true, then we can expect the Model Y around 2020
According to the document, Tesla planned a production ramp of 7,000 Model SUVs a week at its Gigafactory 1, in Nevada, by December 20, 2020, and 5,000 Model Ys a week at its China Gigafactory by February 2021.
Other details in the Model Y documents include:
According to the document, Tesla planned a production ramp of 7,000 Model SUVs a week at its Gigafactory 1, in Nevada, by December 20, 2020, and 5,000 Model Ys a week at its China Gigafactory by February 2021.
Other details in the Model Y documents include:
- The company planned to have a pilot Model Y line built at Gigafactory 1 by June 1, 2020, with start of production on August 1, 2020. By September 1, 2020, the company aimed to ramp production up to 2,000 Model Ys a week at Gigafactory 1.
- The China Model Y pilot line was projected to be built by early October 2020 with the line ramping up to 2,000 Model Ys by November/December 2020.
- The Model Y, like any crossover vehicle, is built on a car's platform. In this case, that car is the Model 3, so to build the Model Y Tesla is simply making some additions and changes to the Model 3 line.
- The Model Y documents reviewed by Business Insider outline manufacturing/design changes or additions to the vehicle that will make it different than the Model 3. They include the addition of an IP Riser, a center console riser, and third row of seats.