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The new Tesla Model Y is coming, and this is it. Sort of. At a Tesla shareholder"s meeting, company boss Elon Musk confirmed that the new compact crossover will be ready to hit the roads in 2019.So we"ve still got a long way to go before the full car is here. And the first thing you"ll spot is that you can"t spot very much. It hasn"t got any mirrors, the eagle-eyed amongst you will immediately notice, but other than that, nothing concrete.What we do know, and what Musk confirmed, is that the Model Y won"t be derived from the Model 3 platform, but instead get its own unique architecture. "I think actually, we made a mistake in trying to derive the Model X from the Model S platform," Musk said. "It would have been better to design an SUV the way an SUV should be designed."Design a sedan the way a sedan should be designed. Otherwise you"re just trying to shoehorn in something that doesn"t make sense," he added. He also points to major manufacturing improvements that can be done, "that allow us to build a car in a way that"s never been built before". He reckons he can drop the capital expenditure on the Model Y by a factor of two compared to the Model 3, "which I think is a really big deal, and accelerate its readiness despite new technologies". It means it can be built cheaper. Which is probably a good thing, because Musk also reckons demand for the new Model Y will far outstrip demand for the Model 3
Date written: 7 Jun 2017
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 8065
The new Tesla Model Y is coming, and this is it. Sort of. At a Tesla shareholder"s meeting, company boss Elon Musk confirmed that the new compact crossover will be ready to hit the roads in 2019.So we"ve still got a long way to go before the full car is here. And the first thing you"ll spot is that you can"t spot very much. It hasn"t got any mirrors, the eagle-eyed amongst you will immediately notice, but other than that, nothing concrete.What we do know, and what Musk confirmed, is that the Model Y won"t be derived from the Model 3 platform, but instead get its own unique architecture. "I think actually, we made a mistake in trying to derive the Model X from the Model S platform," Musk said. "It would have been better to design an SUV the way an SUV should be designed."Design a sedan the way a sedan should be designed. Otherwise you"re just trying to shoehorn in something that doesn"t make sense," he added. He also points to major manufacturing improvements that can be done, "that allow us to build a car in a way that"s never been built before". He reckons he can drop the capital expenditure on the Model Y by a factor of two compared to the Model 3, "which I think is a really big deal, and accelerate its readiness despite new technologies". It means it can be built cheaper. Which is probably a good thing, because Musk also reckons demand for the new Model Y will far outstrip demand for the Model 3
Date written: 7 Jun 2017
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 8065
