Tesla Y model on display outside its Fremont seating plant

Tesla recently exhibited a Y-model for employees who have to travel outside its 901 Page Street Fremont, California, seat manufacturing plant, about 5 km from the company's main plant. society. In the photos posted by several Reddit users, it appears that the same deep blue metal model, piloted on stage and used for testing at the unveiling ceremony of the car last month, was available in the car park. building for further examination.

The exposed vehicle is fitted with chrome trim, a sought-after look by the Tesla aftermarket community and a standard factory offering for the Y model. In addition, the all-electric crossover is featured with the Tesla sport wheels of color black. Tesla offers optional Sport Wheels in silver at $ 1,500 in the Model 3 and Model Y online configurator.

The final production location for the Y model has not yet been decided, as CEO Elon Musk said in Tesla's first quarter 2019 earnings call. He later felt that a decision in this regard would be made in the coming weeks, with the current interlocutor lying between the Fremont Plant and Gigafactory 1 in Sparks, Nevada.

The space is limited to Fremont with the Model S, Model 3 and Model X ranges already produced, and in Tesla's fourth quarter 2018 update, Musk said that Nevada's corporate facilities could be the best manufacturing site for the Y model. Musk jokingly suggested that spring-loaded structures, ie. Robust "tents" similar to those used to develop Model 3 production could be an option if space was limited where the Y model was finally manufactured. "I'm a fan of tents, like real hardcore tents," Musk thought.

Tesla's Y model is expected to be the highest production volume vehicle for the company when it goes on sale, even exceeding the mass market model 3. In California, for example, Tesla was the best-selling alternative powertrain brand in 2018. 3 accounted for 55% of all sales of battery-powered electric vehicles. The popularity of the Crossover Crossover market is the basis of the Model Y sales forecast and Elon Musk has forecast a demand and delivery schedule equivalent to 1 million units per year.

Production of the Y model is expected to take place by the end of 2020 and the first deliveries will start shortly thereafter.