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The Tesla Model Y was the world’s best-selling car last year, and an all-new model is going to be unveiled to the world very soon.. Codenamed Juniper, the new EV is still shrouded in secrecy ...
The Tesla Model Y is a battery electric compact crossover SUV [5] produced by Tesla, Inc. since 2020. The vehicle was presented in March 2019 as the company's fifth production model since its inception after the Roadster , Model S , Model X and Model 3 .
[107] [108] [109] At the reveal event for the Model Y, Musk discussed the naming of the Tesla vehicles including the joke. [110] On multiple occasions, Musk has discussed that the intended name for the "Model 3" would have been the "Model E", however Ford, having the rights to the name "Model E", would not allow Tesla use it. According to Musk ...
Franz von Holzhausen (born May 10, 1968) is an American vehicle designer. Since 2008, he has been in charge of design at Tesla, Inc. He led design for the Tesla Model S, Model X, Model 3, Model Y, Semi, Cybertruck, and Tesla Roadster (second generation).
Tesla, Inc. (/ ˈ t ɛ s l ə / TESS-lə or / ˈ t ɛ z l ə / TEZ-lə [a]) is an American multinational automotive and clean energy company. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, it designs, manufactures and sells battery electric vehicles (BEVs), stationary battery energy storage devices from home to grid-scale, solar panels and solar shingles, and related products and services.
The Tesla Model 3, introduced in 2017, and related Model Y, introduced in 2019, are equipped with an additional driver-facing in-cabin camera. This was disabled at launch and was intended to monitor the cabin remotely while the owner was operating the vehicle as an autonomous robotaxi, [ 28 ] but was activated in May 2021 to monitor driver ...
In April 2020, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that Tesla had purchased the two biggest casting machines in the world to cast the Tesla Model Y rear chassis and crash rails. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] In January 2021, Musk stated that the rear chassis of the Tesla Cybertruck would be produced using a casting machine larger than 8,000-tonne-force (80,000 kN).
The factory produces Model Y cars for the Eastern United States and is also the main factory for the Cybertruck and the company's next-generation vehicle. [3] [6] [7] [8] It also serves as the site of Tesla's corporate headquarters. [9] Tesla employs over 20,000 people at the factory and expects to eventually have a staff of 60,000 as ...