Model Y L

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God DAMN that's a sleek interior. Feels on-par with the S/X (maybe even more futuristic?) If only the exterior looked good lol

Genuinely, I think this may be their best commercial yet. It just feels satisfying.

For real. Just straight ASMR. Really hope we see this in the US.

Bring this into the US and I’m immediately buying

Does China really use that different battery icon, interesting lol

There’s a brief drive by a Chinese YouTuber on private land at 40 km/h and over speed bumps: - suspension bouncier than Juniper with rebound - air pressure sound evident in third row - easy to be thrown around in third row smacking side wall

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JUST GIVE US BOTH SHIFTERS BACK

Model YYY

Ditto

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This vehicle is great.

Is... is it hot in here? *fans self vigorously*

Same and I have a 4 month old juniper model y at 1.99%

Yeah there is, they just won’t move someone’s in them.

I thought there was no sound and thus watched it mute, looks good though

Can't wait to shift into Park as I turn on my dome lights.

Nah

Everything is cheaply made. Even the really well shot video can’t hide it.

100% - want to replace the wife’s car and this would be perfect

But how many cup holders?

Is anyone ever going to show someone sitting in the back two seats? They must be insanely small.

Those pop up arm rests are going to get destroyed quickly

Even the American made cars are better in China. wtf.

The drive shifter being gone is fine by me. I actually kinda like the touch screen shifter

THEY CAN DO FLUFFIN BOTH

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I'm sorry, but reaching up to above my rear view mirror to shift my car into reverse, drive, or park is a MASSIVE safety hazard, and an incredibly stupid design. They put one of the steering column stocks back on, why not the other. The two stock controls were intuitive, easy to use, and quick to use in a pinch. Trying to poke a touch sensitive button on my head liner is not.

No thanks

they'll likely do this after EV incentive goes bye bye...

I’d buy this today.

its alright, my juniper is better🫣

Yep, mostly 2014 GM base model quality

That’s only for emergencies. You shift through the touch screen and if enabled auto shift not even that. I can’t remember the last time I touched the screen to shift. I just press the brake and it shifts for me.

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Exactly the same. Tesla take my money dammit.

How much is it

I’ll eat my hat if they don’t release this in the US within 12 months.

5'8" should be no problem

It has for blinkers. You can see at 24 sec.

I hope some of the features will come down to the regular Y and 3.. like the gear selector close to the dome light and the other stuff in the cargo area!

Aren't these designed for markets where people have drivers (like china)

well everything is following that now

maybe they should do air suspension too and just ambient noise through the speakers to help with air pressure ear feeling

Those are all Model X features.

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My expensive appliances are always broken, while my cheap stuff never breaks. So, I’m not sure what to tell you. I guess cheap is no longer an insult, I suppose.

Sick as HELL! Take my money damnit!!

Do you have a link? I saw a suspension setting that prioritized rear seat comfort, maybe that changes things.

How much for the front seats? I’d love to buy those and put them into my current Y.

They don't want to show you how useless that third row is... You are totally cramped sitting in the trunk....

I felt that many parts looked uncomfortably cheap when observed that close.

I’ve seen that setting as well. I assume it’s similar to Model 3 Highland Performance. [This is the video where they analysed Model Juniper and Y L and compared them to Xiaomi YU7. It’s in Chinese with English subtitles.](https://youtu.be/0CKWi_hQpZY)

its a nicely shot video - but wouldn’t you expect them to show you the captains seats and rear row - kinda the main selling point of this model?

They will sort these things out. I remember the Plaid having abysmal track suspension. And one year later it was genuinely very good. Somehow Tesla does also work behind the scenes and just improves on tweakable shipped features.

So... If the screen has Drive/reverse slider (which I think should be the other way round) Where were the drive, reverse, hazard buttons that they used a little earlier

I still don’t like the air vents and they don’t directly go where you want it to go. Sometimes after sport or activities I’m so hot I want on my face but it can never do that. Maybe I need to DIY a ducted pipe to my face lol

I love it 😍😍😍

1 extra seat and $8000 more.

🤤

Model Y L with HW5 will be the sweet spot.

Got into one when I visited China last month, don't feel impressed at all after tried many other vehicles in the same mall, but still hope it can be available in the US when we are going to replace our current model 3

the black headliner makes it feel so premium, really wish my m3p had it..

Same here! I'm in the market for a 3 row vehicle and none of the EV options are appealing.

shame i cant buy one... because of the implication

Near dome lights for emergency

Will trade in my X for this when it releases in Europe

Should’ve waited! 😢

I just want the black fucking headliner option in the US. To hell with the rest of the car.

After 2 years with Model 3 I can say how the way air vents work is the most annoying thing about the Tesla. It's great for demos and looks cool on videos. But to actually use it day to day is so annoying. The vents are located in front of the driver. All the air hits the steering wheel. After many attempts I can't get it to blow air directly onto me without it freezing my hands or getting blocked. I wish they positioned it to the side.

Model Y-eeeeeee

When will this come to usa?

Fwiw, it seems like there are touch-sensitive PRND buttons overhead

And No, Model Y L & 26 MYP are not coming to US.

They need to fix the damn wireless chargers. They don’t work with the camera lens bumps. Add MagSafe.

This competes favorably against: * Current Model Y * Minivans * 3 Row SUVs. for many buyers. The advantage is the latter two are often quite expensive so it's not terribly spendy by comparison if it tracks the Chinese markup. It also solves the problem 3 row buyers find when they discover they never actually use the 3rd row. Musk is saying it won't come here because he doesn't want to tank his Q3 sales. It'll ship here in Q4 most likely. Edmunds review of the current Y is glowing, this will probably win MT Car of the Year. I'll swap my X for this.

Fantastic. It's almost everything I want the Model X to be.

That 3rd row is not for adults.

Chinerrrrrrrr

I would buy this instantly. Why can't they just launch this here?!

this vid does https://youtu.be/BLVMKM9RY1c?si=EYR7rSqFq0Rf9HQa&t=869

Or just a seat weight sensor like the one that alerts for non seat belted passengers

Still ugly and basic.

Model Y the looooong way

But can I take out the back seats to use it as a four seater with a massive trunk?

For all those moving pieces, this thing will squeek and rattle like a tin can if it ever makes it to the US and isn't made by Shanghai’s superior assembly line lol

Is this bigger than the American Y? Either way, looks incredible. Bring it here please!

I'm hoping when I'm in the market to upgrade my Model 3 in 2027, it'll have both shifters back. Using the buttons on the steering wheel combined with the screen to shift gears during my test drives with the Highland, I wasn't a fan of it. I'm sure I'd get used to it, but that's Tesla for you. Giving you a solution to a problem they created.

All Teslas with the shifter on the screen has backup buttons somewhere. S/X below the phone charger and 3/Y in the roof between the interior lights.

I want my stalk

Just open the door, no need to hit park.

I directed the passenger vent to have it blowing on me. Took me many years to realize I could do that.

Cant have this in the USA. You know because ::checks notes:: autonomy.

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All I heard this is only for the Chinese market

I'm surprised they don't show the look from OUTSIDE, as the extra length makes the shape a little less blimp like.

Which ones?

>MASSIVE safety hazard Ah, Reddit, never change. Hyperbole is the only language we need to speak.

You must have avoided driving in rain then :)

This is a WAG (wild ass guess), but I think the buttons for gear shifting will come to all models. My completely unfounded, didn't-even-ask-chat reason is that Europe is starting to enforce physical controls for certain vehicle operations in order to obtain the highest safety rating. If that includes shifting, then Tesla will do it to keep that top safety rating.

I believe it is ~7 inches longer and a bit taller.

It might depend on your phone/case. My Pixel 5 with a cheap rubber case charges just fine. My wife's iPhone 13 with a loopy can't because the loop pushes it up.

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I want to see an adult sitting in the back row.

It isnt like they were made in china or..... wait.

I say two features used here (not including the new seat configuration stuff) that I didn’t know where in my MY26

Shame the US will never see this

What does the L stand for?

Like for example the drive selector, see how much it gives up. Or the wheel buttons.

This will sell like hotcakes in the US

Now that I know that the armrests retract, their odd office chair styling makes more sense to me now.

One thing I've learned with vehicles sold in in China is that they're much more premium than their origin counterpart. They have such a competing market that they're legally forced to make a very appealing and cheap vehicle. This isn't just a Tesla thing, this is a whole range of manufacturer method.

Rear arm rests, any of the switches/pulls, sunviser, carpeting, cup holders. Trim basically

why would driving in the rain change things?

yes you can try that but the screen is in the way. and ofcourse passenger issue lol

Because you’d get a chance at seeing the automatic wipers in action or rather lack thereof.

Oh, yeh I never had issues with it tbh. I find that when I hit the wipe button it gets the idea and does better automatic wiping. Almost like prompting it

You can’t fit anyone taller than 4’8” in the tires row. I have the third row and it’s miserable.

I am jealous. That does tend to happen for me as well but not super consistently.

/r/keming

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True Asian would’ve kept those clear protective stickers till the day they sold the car.

It's OK for different people to like different things, but personally I'm not prepared to own a car that needs a touchscreen to change into Drive or Reverse.

That's because yours is the older shorter version, the new one is longer, longer than model x inside.

I have thigh support on my kia telluride but my thighs dont even reach the seat. Seems useless.

Same here in Europe!

I have one and find I need it maybe 1 out of 10 drives. The auto gear shifting Beta thing works most of the time and it’s not hard to swipe on the screen or push the overhead buttons. You don’t need to put it in park either you just get out and it does it. It makes sense it was removed.

It shifts automatically too (in beta). I thought I was going to hate it but it actually works great and you find you don’t need a dedicated lever at all.

Even the normal juniper senses things there. If the seat weight doesn’t stop it any light resistance stops it. The normal juniper I have also folds down the rear with a button

I own the non L version and I hard disagree. It does not look or feel cheap in person.

This looks great!

Exactly this. The auto shift works most of the time. It’s really rare I even have to shift the car manually with the touch screen and I never use the overhead

Or just buy it because it’s a good car instead of letting the fearmongering get to you. I just bought a juniper a month ago

I’m pretty sure the rear seats can fold down independently of the 2nd row

I’ve got one and got used to not having it after one day. There’s no need with the auto shifting. Get an aftermarket S3XY commander stalk if you really want the functionality back

I have an iPhone 12 with a MagSafe and it charges fine. So does my wife’s non MagSafe case on her iPhone 16

Come on, mate. I'm 5'6" and fit comfortably in the third row once the 2nd row is moved up. I wouldn't try the 3rd row for days of road tripping but, around town, getting 6-7 people to the movies/restaurant/park/etc. in one car? Yeah, its fine.

Actually this might be a good reason it’s only being released in china.

This may be their best Tesla yet. Also, I’m glad they put the Tesla logo back on the front. It looked weird without it

350miles. Hmmmm

The new one is mostly soft touch alcantara you can’t find much plastic

I think that’s could be the 12v battery - that extra green battery

wtf they got black headliner…

- Do we have any unique features to show off? - No - Okay great, just make the commercial go through a dozen different features that are totally standard on literally every car, but make it seem like its a REALLY big deal to have things like emergency flashers and volume controls. - Consider it done ✔️ - We are so fucking amazing...

fr. i can already hear the crinkly movement and failing motor when its 8+years old

Does this has the updated screen as the new MYP?

That sounds cool and I want to see it sometime, but even just changing from the old-school lever type shift levers (like 1990s Toyota Corolla) to the newer round knob-type gear selectors (like 2020 Corolla) can be hard for some people. I can adapt to the new tech, but sometimes I need to let my parents use my car and I can't imagine them trying to work a touch screen. 20+ years of muscle memory can be hard to overcome.

They pulled out all the stops with lumbar support on this one

Only thing about the screen controls for shifting is I wish they would let me invert it. As a gamer in my late 30s, I still shift backwards when I mean to go forwards after months with it. Just can't fully get used to it.

I wish they would let us invert the controls. I keep putting it in reverse by mistake.

Seems like they do something weird with all new models. Now it seems like you have to press a button up by the mirror every time you want to change direction or park the car. Might not be so lovely when doing a three point turn or parking in tight spaces etc.

The gear selector buttons are already there beside the hazard light button in the Y and the 3. Look carefully for the outlines of the PRND letters and just press to shift

Yup, I need a 3rd row seater next year

You can make it go directly to your face. You have to use two fingers where it shows where the wind blows on the screen

Oooh. A new swasticar!

Great let’s keep giving intelectual property to our enemies. Great idea guys…

Model Y Not for the US

Why is it the Model Y L when it says Model YYY on the back and door sills? Lol

Elon says it wouldn’t be made in the U.S. until the end of 2026.

Same with the Model 3+

With so many motors in everything I expect things to fall apart in a few years and owners to go more often to the dealership for repairs than driving it, LOL

Will this ever be released outside of China?

Stalks would make it near perfect.

What is the obsession of putting even then drive/reverse selection on a touch screen?

I had the same issue. While I still suspect my vents are broken somehow (my 2019 Model 3 vents were great), pinching the two streams together to form one and then directing that single stream totally changes how the air blows. Give that a try and see if you can get it to where you want.

Those are the rickety-est cup holders and arm rests I’ve ever seen… might as well put in the service request upon possession.

Tbh, for 2025, the quality looks cheap compared to the alternatives. Especially at 0:10 and 0:23.

The profit margins have to be so much lower than the Standard Y for them not to sell in the US. This thing would sell so well

I just need a larger trunk to fit a dog crate

Is this coming to the US?

So good except that it does not take gasoline.

Alcantara is just plastic anyway though

Just like fake leather is “plastic” cool story bro it’s much better than real leather

Wow, that’s a beautiful car

Satisfying “unboxing” video

Just be forever alone - problem solved.

Yeah this trunk space looks good with 3rd row up and can expand vertically, perfect for my wagon for my kids

In my S I have never missed the shift stalk, the on-screen swipe mechanism plus auto shift works great. (Turn signals are another matter)

either way they can easily do both

The touch screen is the easy way, but every vehicle with that also has a backup option that doesn’t require the screen (it’s even shown in this video).

Nah that’s just their battery symbol. Probably has to do with some regulation

Lol. No way. My kids barely fit back at under 100 pounds. Im 5 10 and its not even close to fitting.

I can’t make them go away from my face, it dries out my eyes and contact lenses. It is annoying and I hate it. I wish I could turn it off completely.

I can direct the passenger vent to blow directly on me without issue - I think I had always thought the screen would be in the way or that the vent wouldn't angle over far enough, but neither are the case. And my wife doesn't like the air blowing on her anyway, so it's a win-win for my family (and that's why I found it out, one day when we left our house I'd been working in the yard and was hot so wanted to have the a/c blowing hard while she was complaining of being cold, so I just swiped her vent away from her and was pleasantly surprised to find it was blowing on me).

I would rather prefer === REAL hemp textile cabin , instead of all the useless automated gimmicks for people who can not move seats manually !!! ITs all plastic on wheels !

its all low quality plastic and micro plastic fibers that are spray on ! Just get some real cotton denim or something ! Enough with the spray on plastic fibers already !!! Car costs more than 30k. for sure they would have used some real natural fibers, instead of spray on plastics !!!

I’d love one of this to make wife jealous.

Mmmm you can almost smell all the low quality plastic through the video.

Trying so hard for Chinese market )

The entire interior looks cheap. The seats look thin and uncomfortable. Motorized arm rests are a terrible idea. Having the shifter next to the hazards is also extremely unnecessarily dumb. Some things don’t need to be redesigned just to be different.

The rear row is for children. Not going to get grown people in there. I have two model Y's I did for Black level service on Uber/Lyft. They were pulled off the platform because customers complained too much.

Europe needs it

I think all of that will work fine with Tesla quality standards

Wow...I just want to set it on fire. 🔥

Same

Find it so weird they offer all these new features but fail to update the MS/MX with similar or better features.

I just want the black headliner in my Juniper 🫩

Oh god. This is a whole new crap developed by shabby American companies.

Have you tried dragging the air vents on the screen? You can direct them.

I have and tried everything but I just can't get them right and can't close them out, at least on my side. Mine is a 2019 but I hear the new ones allow you to completely close the side you want.

They should have a option to have captain seats in the regular model Y. I don’t care about a 5th seat

Was that a new seat

lol

Please sell this in Australia....

You always have option to shift by pressing the buttons above the rear view mirror where the lights are OR use the Autoshift feature. It usually knows which direction you want to go.

I’m 69 and had absolutely no issues adapting. Don’t count them out yet. 😂. Tech ain’t that hard.

I just found out that when my wife doesn’t want it blowing on her you can long press on the screen where the vent is and it will turn her vent off. 😊

Try long pressing on the screen where the air is coming out. I know on the passenger side it will turn the vent off. Haven’t tried it in the driver side though. 26 MYLR RWD

That is only on the newer models with newer hardware. We have a 2018 and a 2019 Model 3, neither of which have the necessary hardware. That is definitely a nice feature for those of you who have it, though!

Mine is a 2019 which don’t have that feature.

Very cool! And thought my 2024 MYP was badass.

Cheap parts.

This is why the Chinese competition is GOOD for the industry. Forces them to raise their game, and deliver a better product to customers, rather than only pandering to shareholders, like Microsoft.