The style stock dries after Tesla introduced a final delivery operation. The global giant of electric vehicles, in hand, is interested in the Juniper soda.
As a component of an end-of-year push to move cars, Tesla had given abundant discounts on some Model Y cars in stock. But this action dried up temporarily with the discounts.
As of January 5, Model Y in inventory is down to just a few vehicles in the greater Los Angeles area. And little more than a handful of vehicles in other markets. (Update: A Tesla sales representative told me on Tuesday that there was still limited inventory and Tesla sold out most of the inventory at the end of the year.) This is happening as increasingly frequent reports purport to show Model Y Juniper spy photos. Motor Trend even posted a “first look” at the Model Y refresh this week in anticipation of the release.
Tesla needs to keep selling a ton of Model Ys — its best selling vehicle — in 2025 to avoid another drop in annual sales. Tesla posted its first annual sales decline in 2024 in over a decade, delivering 1.79 million vehicles in 2024, a slight drop from the 1.81 million delivered in 2023. But the company also delivered 471,930 Model 3/Y vehicles in Q4 2024, compared to 439,975 in the previous quarter, 7.3% growth quarter-over-quarter. That indicates that incentives may have lifted sales at the end of the year.
With year-end sales coming, the Model Y’s Juniper update is looming. Motor Trend’s first look repeats the familiar theme that the Juniper reflects adjustments made to the Model 3 more than a year ago. “The 3’s adjustments were revolutionary, calming the once noisy interior, which also saw primary gains in curtain quality and features, and easing the company’s excessively tight suspension without affecting the car’s laugh-out-loud nature,” Motor said. Trend.
Expected adjustments include adjustments to the frame styling (front bonnet, front fascia, headlights, taillights), improved aerodynamics, quieter ride, an updated interior and, in all likelihood, new battery technology.
Commenting on spy photos, the motor trend reads, “Where all 3 leaned towards the front and the slimmer, fashionable rear, the Model Y’s juniper turns out to adopt a more modern head and fog design” and “At the rear is what May May May I just know a slim and full rear twist like that in Tesla’s upcoming Robotaxi.
Junic will most likely be priced at or below the current Y, which now starts at around $37,500 with federal tax credits. To reduce the costs of the Model Y and all its vehicles, Tesla is on a campaign to reduce costs. “There are many workflows within the company to eliminate charges without compromising the visitor experience,” Tesla Chief Financial Officer Vaibhav Taneja said in October, adding that Tesla achieved its lowest charge for a vehicle in Q3. That said, all bets are off if the federal tax credits are canceled through the Trump administration later this year.
The Model Y dwarfs any EV competition in the U.S., outselling the next closest non-Tesla competitor by more than 73,000 vehicles in the third quarter. But Tom Libby, an analyst at at S&P Global Mobility, believes a too-subtle refresh of the Model Y could “require more incentives to sell.” Along these lines, Tesla cleared a lot of its year-end inventory with heavy discounting over and above the $7,500 federal tax incentive.
While Musk has touted new “affordable” Teslas in both the Q2 and Q3 earnings conference calls, no specifics were given. Recent reports, however, point to a new mass-market Tesla codenamed Redwood, dubbed Model Q by Deutsche Bank, due in mid-2025. The Q would reportedly sell for $30,000 but that includes the $7,500 federal tax credit. Separately, recent comments from AutoForecast Solutions also point to a more affordable compact SUV “baby Model Y” coming later this year that would compete on price with the new Chevy Bolt, which is due sometime in 2025.
Tesla is screaming from the rooftops about Full Self Driving, or FSD, and how this will dominate product launches going forward. But are buyers listening? Will autonomy alone sell more Tesla vehicles in 2025? It’s probably not going out on a limb to say that many car buyers are not focused on autonomy or have doubts about its safety.
“Autonomy is still in the future,” AutoforeCast Solutions said in its monthly newsletter released last week. While Tesla promises millions of self-driving cars each year, “unfortunately for the EV manufacturer, regulatory adjustments will be necessary to achieve this goal,” the bulletin said. “Tesla, Amazon’s Zoox, and Google’s Waymo are still aiming for fully autonomous cars [but] the generation is not in a position to reach prime time. “
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