Looks nice. I've owned 3 Teslas, and I'm almost definitely never buying one again.
Does it come with this screen saver? https://www.instagram.com/reel/DFKlMtUoiBE
Tesla Model 3 Owner here for a year now. There is no question in my mind that was a Sieg Heil on stage, at our nations capital while standing behind the Presidential seal and being watched by millions. Twice!
I am currently shopping for alternatives and would gladly trade mine in even at a small loss. I wasn't a fan of his before, really, but didn't pay much to it, his company produces a product I drive.
My M3 is the most buggy car I ever owned and has had warranty service three times in that year. Little stuff like seat-belt sensor warning, window switch and foam-dislodging in one of the tires causing major shaking at speed. Service department has been friendly as they come out to my house for two of them, so that is nice. They also quickly gave me a loaner for the tire issue without even prying. The road noise is also horrible on the car. Way worse than even my Mazda6 I had before it. Whistles in the driver window area on the highway. Lose pillar trim.
But I'm not finding much STILL that competes with Tesla in the USA really. In price or looks as an EV. I still love the way it drives/handles and would have a difficult time leaving EV back to ICE at this point. I haven't had to change oil, stop for gas, check fluids, etc.
We have the obligatory LED bar across the nose, I see. How else would we know it’s an EV?
Edit: the rear too! Thank god
A few questions:
• Is this replacing the current Model Y or will it be offered in addition to the current Y?
• Looking at the differences between the current and new, I'm having trouble seeing what justifies a $15k higher price, but I'm not really a fancy car guy (I've driven a 2006 Honda CR-V for 19 years) so may be underestimating how desirable some of the new features are.
It looks like the differences are ventilated front seats, rear seats are power folding instead of manual, added a touchscreen to the back row, updated suspension and noise reduction, 8 cameras instead of 7, 15 speakers instead of 7 to 13 in the old models, hands free trunk opening, aluminum instead of wood interior detailing and wrap-around ambient lighting, second row air vents are now power actuated, and there's in infrared reflective coating on the glass.
Are some of those a much bigger deal than I guess they are? Or is this one of those "they are all little, but a whole bunch of little things can add up to making the experience a whole lot better" situations?
• The prices listed, $31490 for the current modem and $46490 are the prices after estimated savings. Those savings are the $7500 tax credit and $6000 estimated saving in gas over 5 years.
Is it normal to include estimated gas savings in the price? When I've looked at dealers or manufacturers sites for other cars I think I've usually seen the tax credit included but don't recall seeing gas savings included.
I'd prefer that gas savings not be included, because that is too dependent on how much you drive. I don't drive a lot. Over the last five years I've driven 7382.2 miles spending $1639.62 for gas. I just want to know for any car I'm looking at what I'm going to pay to drive it off the lot.
Was hoping for bigger upgrade, ie 360 cameras, electronic rearview mirror, v2l, powered frunk, steer by wire.
Stalks should’ve been an option as steering wheel buttons are clearly future.
Putting more screens without ability to shut them off pisses me off.
Ventilated seats big one that was missing.
Tough sell these days:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/20/trump-elo...
Especially in Europe.
They kept the wrong stalk :/ I wanted the mode stalk kept, I don't mind the buttons for indicators.
In right hand drive countries, the indicator and mode change are now on the same side, so you have to do them with the same hand one after the other.
The Bay Area tech companies talk a lot about progressive-ish values. But now we'll see how many tech workers still buy new Teslas, and how many get rid of their existing Teslas.
Doesn't seem to have the 7 seat option anymore. Base price increased by $15,000.
Looks like a 2016 Nissan.
Looking forward to the Sandy Munro teardown!
yah, tesla sucks ... the faster they go away the better
Giving major Cylon vibes at the back there.
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As much as I like the crash safety results of a Tesla, at the end of the day I can't help but dislike the ergonomics of Tesla's cars.
The touch screen being the major control method for many things including the act of putting the car in reverse, is just bad.
The handles being electric, instead of mechanical. (An issue with many modern electric cars actually)
The wheel, not being a wheel. (Although I like that they tried something new)