Tesla’s China arm introduced in a WeChat post Sunday morning that it launched a brand new Mannequin Y with design and efficiency tweaks that retains the identical beginning worth as earlier than (via Reuters). The brand new automobile follows the corporate’s launch of the revamped “Highland” Mannequin 3 in China, which also hit Europe early final month.
Based on Tesla’s Chinese website, the Mannequin Y now has a 0–100km/h time of 5.9 seconds, which Bloomberg notes in a report is barely sooner than earlier than. The automobile will get new wheels and an ambient LED lighting strip within the sprint, just like the refreshed Mannequin 3.
The automobile begins at 263,900 yuan (about $37,000), and the corporate presents each a long-range model for 299,900 yuan (about $42,000) and a high-performance model for 349,900 yuan (about $49,000). Tesla has not introduced the up to date Mannequin Y — or the Mannequin 3, for that matter — within the US. Listed below are some cropped photos from Tesla’s WeChat publish saying the up to date automobile: