Tesla Model Y ‘Juniper’ 2025: Price, range, official pictures and release date revealed

The all-new 2025 Tesla Mannequin Y has been revealed in full on Tesla’s web sites in China and Australia, placing to finish months of rumours and hypothesis in regards to the particulars on the substitute for what was the world’s best-selling automobile in 2023 and the UK’s best-selling electrical automobile in 2024.

The Mannequin Y is in-built Tesla’s manufacturing facility in Shanghai, the place many of the current spy photographs have been taken. China is the most important marketplace for the Mannequin Y, whereas the Chinese language plant additionally makes right-hand drive fashions for Australia and the UK. With the automobile already on sale in Australia, with costs beginning at AUD 63,400 (£31,900) for the Rear-Wheel Drive automobile, it might imply that we get the brand new Mannequin Y within the UK earlier than another markets.

Design of the brand new Mannequin Y

Codenamed Juniper, the brand new EV appears remarkably just like our personal rendering produced late final yr, exhibiting a Tesla Cybertruck-inspired full-width slim LED mild bar on the entrance of the automobile that additionally appears just like the not too long ago revealed fully-autonomous Tesla Cybercab, too. The primary headlights sit slightly below the sunshine bar in a smoother entrance bumper that’s extra aerodynamic and incorporates a new digicam for enhanced Autopilot features that the brand new automobile is anticipated to carry – Tesla’s ‘full self-driving’ might be obtainable the place it’s authorized to make use of.

There’s the same design story in the back of the brand new Mannequin Y, with new C-shaped LED taillights that mix right into a full-width mild bar that makes use of reflective lighting and options the Tesla lettering set into it on the backside. The Mannequin Y title sits on the left of the boot door, with the twin motor badge – within the case of the automobile within the photos – on the fitting hand aspect. The boot door can now open robotically as you method the automobile, and there’s extra baggage house inside, too: a complete of two,130 litres together with the frunk below the entrance bonnet.

The profile of the automobile is similar to the present mannequin, full with the digicam housing that sits in a design function on the flank behind the entrance wheels. There’s nonetheless the trademark Tesla deep entrance windscreen that flows right into a full-length glass panoramic roof. There are new, extra aerodynamic wheels, too, whereas the size of the automobile has elevated barely to spice up aerodynamics and effectivity.

5 colors can be found, together with the brand new glacier blue in our photos. Additionally obtainable are stealth gray, pearl white, quicksilver and extremely crimson.

Inside the brand new Mannequin Y

The look of the cabin stays just about the identical as within the outgoing automobile – and the Tesla Mannequin 3 that was closely revised at the beginning of 2024. Nonetheless, whereas the Mannequin 3 misplaced each stalks behind the steering wheel, solely one of many stalks behind the brand new Mannequin Y’s steering wheel is lacking.

Tesla seems to have listened to suggestions from Mannequin 3 homeowners who’ve discovered it troublesome utilizing buttons on the steering wheel somewhat than a standard stalk to pick the indications. Footage of right-hand drive Mannequin Ys on the Tesla Australia web site present a standard indicator stalk on the left-hand aspect of the steering wheel though the stalk for gear choice and autopilot on the fitting of the wheel within the outdated Mannequin Y has gone. The controls for each of these features have moved to the touchscreen.

The steering wheel can be new on the Mannequin Y, the brand new SUV utilizing the identical type of steering wheel as the brand new Mannequin 3.

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The home windows function acoustic glazing for higher soundproofing, whereas there’s an improve in materials high quality with softer materials used on the sprint and doorways. New ambient lighting is predicated on that discovered within the newest Mannequin 3. As soon as once more, white and black or full black interiors are on supply.

The 15.4-inch central touchscreen stays, however is joined by an eight-inch touchscreen for rear passengers, which options video games for anybody within the again seats to play. These rear seats now fold electrically on the contact of a button, whereas the entrance seats now function air flow in addition to heating.

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The brand new Mannequin Y options new suspension, hubs and tyres, hopefully going some strategy to curing the overly agency trip of the outdated mannequin, whereas a discount within the variety of elements within the chassis can be mentioned to enhance refinement, making the automobile quieter nonetheless.

New Mannequin Y vary, charging pace and efficiency

Solely two ‘launch version’ variations of the brand new Mannequin Y function on Tesla’s Chinese language and Australian web sites: an extended vary all-wheel drive automobile or a normal vary automobile with rear-drive. There’s no phrase on battery measurement, however in keeping with Tesla’s Australian web site, the lengthy vary all-wheel drive automobile will go as much as 342 miles, whereas the usual vary automobile will journey as much as 290 miles on a full cost – each figures are helpful will increase over the present Mannequin Y which claims a most of 331 miles for the Lengthy Vary All-Wheel Drive automobile.

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Charging speeds are rated at as much as 250kW for the lengthy vary automobile or 170kW for the usual vary mannequin.

Relating to efficiency, the longer vary Mannequin Y will get from zero to 62mph in 4.3 seconds with the usual vary automobile following in 5.9 seconds. Each declare a most pace of 125mph.

A efficiency model of the Mannequin Y, carrying the identical Tesla Efficiency badging as the brand new Mannequin 3 with delicate spoilers entrance and rear, is anticipated to reach later in 2025.

New Mannequin Y launch date

With manufacturing of the brand new Mannequin Y underway and ramping up and the automobile on sale in China and Australia it might be a matter of days earlier than the automobile pops up on Tesla’s web site within the UK, with deliveries anticipated in a while within the first quarter of the yr.

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New Mannequin Y pricing

The Tesla Mannequin 3 noticed a small worth rise when it was relaunched in early 2024, and the identical could be anticipated for the brand new Tesla Mannequin Y, particularly with the enhancements to tech, consolation and construct high quality.

In China, the Lengthy Vary All-Wheel Drive automobile prices ¥303,500 (£33,600) with the Customary-Vary Rear-Drive automobile costing ¥263,500 (£29,200). In Australia the lengthy vary automobile prices AUD 73,400 (£36,928) whereas the usual automobile prices UD 63,400 (£31,900).

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There presently isn’t a normal rear-drive Mannequin Y on sale within the UK – because it stands the vary begins at £46,990 for the Lengthy Vary Rear-Wheel Drive automobile. A normal rear-drive Mannequin 3 prices £5,000 lower than its Lengthy Vary Rear-Drive cousin, so permitting for a slight improve, we’d count on a brand new commonplace Rear-Drive automobile to kick off the brand new Mannequin Y vary at round £43,000, with round a £10,000 premium for a Lengthy Vary Rear-Wheel Drive automobile.

New Mannequin Y expertise

Elon Musk revealed on the current Robotaxi occasion that the Mannequin Y would have full self-driving capabilities the place allowed. As with all Teslas, count on over-the-air updates to enhance not solely the tech on board, however effectivity, too.

The brand new Mannequin Y is on sale in China with each enhanced autopilot and full self-driving as choices, with each more likely to be provided within the UK, though the latter can’t but be used on UK roads.

The most recent software program updates to roll out throughout the Tesla vary may even be on the brand new Mannequin Y, with an up to date cellphone and Apple Watch app that allows homeowners to make use of their watch as a key for his or her automobiles.