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Tesla Model Y

In this section of Torque News you will find Tesla Model Y news and reports.

By Tinsae Aregay on May 23, 2023 - 6:14AM
Tesla recently held the company's annual shareholders meeting. One of the issues up for investors' votes was whether Elon Musk will keep his seat on Tesla's board of directors. And today, according to Tesla's 8K filing with the SEC, Elon Musk will keep his seat on Tesla's board of directors after receiving support from 75% of Tesla investors.
By Tinsae Aregay on May 22, 2023 - 4:44AM
Tesla has started deliveries of a new Model Y variant in Germany with batteries supplied by BYD. The new Model Y, despite sporting the smallest battery pack size of all Model Y variants, is nonetheless showing impressive charging speed thanks to the BYD Blade batteries' ability to maintain peak charging speeds for the majority of the charging curve.
By Jeremy Johnson on May 21, 2023 - 12:50AM
There is a video review from the wife of a well known Tesla bull. She gives an honest review of the Model Y.
By Tinsae Aregay on May 18, 2023 - 3:40PM
Tesla has been ramping up Model Y production across the globe. The all-electric crossover is now produced in 4 factories across 3 continents. And now Elon Musk says Model Y is on track to become the best-selling vehicle of any kind in 2023.
By Nicolas Caballero on May 17, 2023 - 9:38PM
Elon Musk admitted that he will intensify his interest and his commitment to Europe, after the meeting held in France with its president, Emmanuel Macron; the Tesla CEO gave important clues about his future intentions in that country.
By Tinsae Aregay on May 17, 2023 - 1:23PM
Tesla CEO Elon Musk at the recently held Tesla Shareholders meeting announced that the EV maker is working on 2 new vehicles. Musk also said that the compact robotaxi and the yet-to-be-publicly shared vehicle will sell 5 million units a year.
By Nicolas Caballero on May 16, 2023 - 3:16PM
US company Terabase Energy uses this automated system to install solar panels in large electricity production parks. This is something similar to what Tesla is doing at the Gigafactories in terms of automation and use of robots, and could very possibly benefit Tesla Solar panel and shingles production.
By Nicolas Caballero on May 12, 2023 - 1:40PM
Elon Musk's promises regarding Tesla cells 4680 basically put one of his longest associates in a bind. Panasonic once again delays the mass production of the super battery.
By Timothy Boyer on May 12, 2023 - 1:22PM
Arson attacks, crashes, near-misses, misses, playing chicken with a Tesla, and even some Tesla owner faults are just a few of the everyday things that can happen that is part of being a Tesla owner.
By Tinsae Aregay on May 11, 2023 - 8:23AM
Tesla's unique direct-to-consumer sales approach has been a significant contributor to the company's success. And today, in keeping up with its innovative approach, Elon Musk has announced that Tesla will be removing the vehicle order online payment processing fee.
By Jeremy Johnson on May 9, 2023 - 10:29AM
The Tesla Model Y is a best selling vehicle in the world and the Model 3 isn't too far behind.
By Tinsae Aregay on May 9, 2023 - 7:58AM
Tesla officially inaugurated Giga Texas a little more than a year ago. However, today, according to leaked data the plant has reached a Model Y production rate of 5000 vehicles a week. This gives Giga Texas an annualized production rate of 250,000 vehicles per year.
By Tinsae Aregay on May 8, 2023 - 8:57AM
Currently, Tesla is on FSD Beta v11.3 This FSD update has brought vector spaces and the use of all 8 cameras to highway driving. In addition, V11 also replaced most of the manually written codes with neural nets for highway driving. And today, Elon Musk says FSD Beta V12 will be end-to-end AI.
By Nicolas Caballero on May 6, 2023 - 11:48AM
According to sources close to the company, the Tesla Gigafactory in Berlin is assembling the first units of a Model Y entry-level type with rear-wheel drive and LFP battery.

By Tinsae Aregay on May 4, 2023 - 2:24PM
Tesla has started production of a new Model Y variant at Giga Berlin with batteries supplied by BYD. The new Model Y variant's 45,000 euros starting price makes it a great offer. However, there are concerns even amongst die-hard Tesla fans regarding the safety of the BYD batteries which now power the new Model Y.
By Tinsae Aregay on May 3, 2023 - 2:05PM
Tesla supplier IDRA is known for building enormous Giga Presses that are used to build the chassis of Tesla vehicles in one piece. However, today, IDRA has revealed a significantly smaller die-casting machine to be used to build electric motor components in one piece.
By Nicolas Caballero on May 2, 2023 - 8:05PM
Within the last three months, Tesla has already cut the prices of its models twice; an aggressive policy that has shaken the entire EV market and that also has repercussions on the second-hand market. Curiously, this is a strategy that is favoring them a lot, managing to be at the top of the sales of used electric cars.
By Jeremy Johnson on May 2, 2023 - 7:26PM
Quicksilver is one of the new Tesla vehicle colors from Giga Berlin. Here's one up close and personal.
By Tinsae Aregay on May 2, 2023 - 8:41AM
In an attempt to increase demand, since the start of the year, Tesla has cut vehicle prices several times. However, today Tesla has increased prices for the same reason. The $250 price increase is not meaningful enough to materially affect the company's gross margins, however, is likely targeted at creating FOMO in people waiting for further price cuts.
By Jeremy Johnson on May 1, 2023 - 10:54AM
The Model Y is a very efficient vehicle and it gets a staggering 4 miles per kWh - handedly beating the competition.
By Tinsae Aregay on April 30, 2023 - 8:43AM
Last year the Tesla Model Y received a leading score of 98% in Euro NCAP's automatic emergency braking test despite the vehicle not being equipped with radar. And now, Elon Musk has said Tesla has made the last 2% of improvements that will allow the company's vehicles to receive a perfect score.
By Tinsae Aregay on April 27, 2023 - 12:03PM
In an attempt to increase demand, since the start of the year, Tesla has cut vehicle prices several times. This has created concern among Tesla community members who have suggested that the EV should start advertising. However, now a Tesla retail investor has taken this task upon himself and has produced the first Model Y commercial.
By Jeremy Johnson on April 25, 2023 - 8:04PM
There is word that CATL has an M3P battery and that this will enable the Model 3/Y to have 400 miles of range. Is this happening?
By Nicolas Caballero on April 24, 2023 - 5:13PM
One of the best features Tesla has created so far to eliminate range anxiety is a software update quietly included on the Tesla mobile app. The route planner arrives with version 4.20.69.
By Tinsae Aregay on April 24, 2023 - 11:21AM
According to newly released data, in the first quarter of 2023, the Model Y has become the best-selling vehicle in Europe. And even more impressively, the Model Y was able to beat not only battery-electric vehicles but also internal-combustion vehicles with a significantly lower starting price.
By Tinsae Aregay on April 23, 2023 - 8:43AM
Tesla stock has been experiencing wild swings in the last couple of years, with the latest sharp fall coming recently following Q1 2023 earnings results. And now, Elon Musk has advised Tesla investors to focus on the long term by reminding them of the stock's remarkable rise over the years.
By Jeremy Johnson on April 21, 2023 - 3:46PM
Tesla releases Model Y RWD in Canada for an equivalent price of around $44,000. Is this car worth it?
By Tinsae Aregay on April 21, 2023 - 9:27AM
ARK Invest has released a new Tesla research. In this new model, ARK says Tesla can reach $2,000 per share by 2027. However, this is ARK's base case scenario, in the firm's bull case, ARK says Tesla can reach more than $2,400 per share or a $7.9 trillion market cap.
By Tinsae Aregay on April 19, 2023 - 3:47PM
Tesla's unique direct-to-consumer sales approach has been a significant contributor to the company's success. And today, in keeping up with its innovative approach, Tesla has opened a new "Giga Store" in China. The new showroom is designed to look like the inside of Tesla's Gigafactories and is a replica of a vehicle production line.
By Nicolas Caballero on April 19, 2023 - 11:58AM
CATL (Tesla´s most important battery supplier) is working on the development of condensed batteries that make it possible to achieve high levels of energy and volumetric density, very important aspects for applications such as electric cars, but key also for other applications such as aviation. This is a technology they indicated will begin production right at the end of this year, 2023.