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Tesla ships first midnight cherry red Model Ys to customers

  • March 15, 2023
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  • Riz Akhtar
Tesla Model Y Midnight Cherry Red Esther Kokkelmans Twitter
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If you spot a Tesla on the road, it’s likely to be one of five colours. Last year two other colours were announced for the European market.Ā 

Now it seems the darker Midnight Cherry Red coloured Tesla Model Y has been spotted on the back of a truck by Esther Kokkelman on Twitter.

And the first @Tesla Giga4 Midnight Cherry red are being spotted on the roads in EuropešŸŽ‰. I did expect to see them any day now! Congratulations @tesla_europe for the great work! Check out that coloršŸ˜šŸ’ šŸ“·@CYBRTRK420 pic.twitter.com/dcV1ocaxNc

— Esther Kokkelmans (@EstherKokkelman) March 11, 2023

According to Esther, these appear to be the first customer deliveries of Model Ys from the GigaBerlin factory to be delivered to customers.Ā 

The transporter truck in the photo is seen to be carrying three Model Ys, one of which has upgraded black induction wheels.

This is good news as Tesla has plans to offer this multi-layered unique paint like the Midnight Cherry Red in vehicles made in Tesla’s other factories like GigaShanghai and Fremont over the in the near future.

A TRUCK SPOTTED DELIVERING TESLA MODEL Y QUICKSILVER AND MIDNIGHT CHERRY RED NEWBORNS. ⚔ pic.twitter.com/LKsMmsyTQk

— TESLA CARS ONLY (@teslacarsonly) March 12, 2023

These paint colours have special multiple-layered paint coats that change with the light.Ā 

“From bright highlights to dark tones, our multi-coat paint adds a new dimension that subtly changes with curvature as you walk around your Tesla,” Tesla says on its website:

The Midnight Cherry Red paint is unique but it does come at a significant price. On the configurator, the Midnight Cherry Red appears to be the most expensive paint colour offered on the Model Y, coming in at an additional €3,200.

Tesla Model Y
Quicksilver pic.twitter.com/9KP7li3INL

— All Things Tesla (@AllThingsTSLA) November 12, 2022

Previously, Tesla has shown the other unique colour it offers in Europe, known as Quicksilver. Many EVs with this paint were shown off across Europe in November so four months later, vehicles with the second new paint are also on their way to customers.Ā 

That’s a sign of production ramping right up at the Berlin plant. The plant reached the 4,000 weekly EV production milestone last month.

4k Model Y built at Giga Berlin this week 🤘

Congrats to the Tesla team! pic.twitter.com/VJ0qBPkQ6U

— Tesla Europe (@tesla_europe) February 27, 2023

Only last week, Tesla bought new paint for its premium Tesla Model S and Model X vehicles in the US at the Fremont factory. It’s called the new ā€œultra-redā€ colour available on these flagship EVs.

This time around, it’s in between the previous multi-coat red and the European-produced Midnight Cherry Red.Ā 

The Driven’s take: Tesla is known to do things differently when it comes to how it manufactures its vehicles compared to legacy automotive companies. One of these key differences is the limited amount of colours a customer can choose.Ā 

Now Tesla is starting to expand its colours at various facilities, we are likely to see more colour options on even Australian roads in the coming years.

Riz Akhtar
Riz Akhtar

RizĀ 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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