Model Y. Source: Tesla
Tesla often makes changes and improvements to its electric cars on the fly. This includes both over-the-air updates to the cars themselves and in the factories where its EVs are built. Now, news has emerged of changes to the newly Shanghai-built Model Ys.
Tesla Model Y will now offer more comfortable rear seats and emergency rear door openers according to automotive media in China.
Starting mid-October, all new Tesla Model Ys built at the Shanghai plant will offer a slightly longer rear seat base. The base has been extended by 30 mm according to new reports.
The updated seats will provide more leg support to rear passengers during trips. This will to help reduce passenger fatigue in the back row.
This will be welcome news for Australian order holders with older children or grandchildren, especially on longer road trips.
The road trips are also about to get a whole lot better in the coming months with the expansion of the supercharger network by 20 new sites.
Another update to the newly built Model Ys is the addition of manual release on rear doors in case of an emergency.
Tesla is highly likely to add many of these changes across all Model Ys produced from mid-October. This should include those destined for Australian customers.
It is unclear if a battery pack upgrade will appear in the next batch of Tesla Model Y RWD. The rumoured new battery packs are reportedly cost-effective, provide a longer range and can be charged up to 100% according to previous reports.
We’ll find out more about any other changes over the coming weeks as more of the new Tesla Model Ys end up with customers.
The new changes on the seats and the rear doors are a good addition to an already excellent EV which topped Australia’s SUV sales in September.
Riz is the founder of carloop based in Melbourne, specialising in Australian EV data, insight reports and trends. He is a mechanical engineer who spent the first 7 years of his career building transport infrastructure before starting carloop. He has a passion for cars, particularly EVs and wants to help reduce transport emissions in Australia. He currently drives a red Tesla Model 3.
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