With the rapid rise of new car-making forces and the acceleration of the transformation of traditional automobiles into new energy sources, automobile electrification has become an irreversible trend in the future development of global automobiles. As far as the model is concerned, SUV models have begun to gradually replace sedan cars to become the mainstream of the market, as the hegemon of global electric vehicles, Tesla has only two SUV models so far, namely Model X and Model Y, after Tesla announced that it will not launch new models this year, who is more worth buying these two models?
Tesla Model X
Model X is Tesla's high-end SUV model, belonging to the medium and large SUV model, the Model X first debuted in 2012, but the first delivery was in the fall of 2015. The reason for the delay in delivery was largely due to the unique Eagle Wing door design, but that didn't stop the Model X from being called one of the fastest and safest SUVs ever built.
The model X has a body size of 5037*2070*1684 (length, width and height) and a wheelbase of 2965mm. Model X has two versions, namely the all-wheel drive version with dual motors, the all-wheel drive Plaid version equipped with three motors, and the 100kWh battery, the battery type is ternary lithium battery, and both versions support 1-hour fast charging.
The dual-motor version of the Model X has a maximum power of 493 kW, takes 3.9 seconds to accelerate from 100 km/h, reaches a top speed of 250 km/h, and has a maximum endurance of 560 km/ h. The three-motor version of the Model X has a maximum power of 750kW, accelerating from 100 km/h in just 2.6 seconds, with a top speed of up to 262 km/h, and a longest range slightly shorter than the dual motor version, but also 536 km/ h.
Both versions of the Model X are consistent in terms of trunk storage space, with a huge storage space of 2577 liters and both have 2268 kg of traction. In addition, the two versions of the Model X are almost identical in other interiors and configurations, such as equipped with a 17-inch central control screen, automatic assisted navigation, automatic assisted lane change, automatic parking, summoning and other functions.
However, the dual-motor version of the Model X can choose 5-seater, 6-seater and 7-seater, while the three-motor version of the Model X only supports 6-seater. At present, both versions are on sale as of the latest version in January 2021, starting from 940,000 dual-motor versions and 1 million three-motor versions.
Tesla Model Y
Tesla Model X has become one of the world's best-selling pure electric SUV models for many years in a row, but with the release of the Model 3 and Model Y, model X sales have declined, especially the Model Y is also an SUV model, although smaller than the Model X, but also much cheaper than the Model X.
Model Y is a mid-class SUV model, announced in March 2019, delivered to users for the first time in March 2020, Model Y body size 4750 * 1921 * 1624 (length, width and height), wheelbase of 2890mm. In terms of size, the Model Y is smaller than the Model X, but the overall shape is more streamlined than the Model X, but the Model Y does not continue the design of the Model X Eagle Wing door, but shares the production platform with the Model 3 sedan, and 75% of the spare parts are consistent with the Model 3, which is mainly to reduce costs and speed up delivery.
Model Y has three versions, namely the rear-wheel drive version of the single motor, the all-wheel drive endurance version of the dual motor, the all-wheel drive performance version of the dual motor, the single motor uses a 60kWh lithium iron phosphate battery, and the dual motor version uses a 78.4kWh ternary lithium battery, all of which support 1 hour of fast charging. The single-motor version has a maximum power of 194 kW, 6.9 seconds of acceleration per 100 km/h, a maximum speed of 217 km/h, and a maximum endurance of 545 km/ h. The dual-motor endurance version has a maximum power of 331kW, accelerates 100 kilometers in 5 seconds, has a maximum speed of 217km/h, and a maximum endurance of 640 km/ h. The dual-motor performance version has a maximum power of 357 kW, accelerates 3.7 seconds per 100 km/h, has a maximum speed of 250 km/h, and a maximum endurance of 566 km/ h.
All three versions of the Model Y have 2158 liters of uniformly sized trunk storage space, and the other configurations of the three versions are almost indistinguishable, all equipped with a 15-inch central control screen, automatic parking, and mainstream safety assisted driving functions, and the whole series also comes standard with a panoramic glass roof (non-openable), which can make the space inside the car look more spacious.
At present, the three versions of Model Y only support 5 seats, the single motor version is 302,000, the dual motor endurance version is 350,000, and the dual motor performance version is 390,000, of which the single motor version is the latest version in November 2021, the dual motor endurance version is the latest version in December 2021, and the dual motor performance version is the latest version in January 2021.
Model X vs Model Y who is more worth buying
Model Y is much cheaper than Model X, in addition to the different positioning and configuration, Model Y has been localized is also the main reason, after all, localization means that in addition to import taxes, manufacturing costs are also greatly reduced. For the local tycoons who are not bad money, like eagle wing door design, like large size SUVs, Model X is definitely more worth buying, especially the three-motor version of model X, only 24 kilometers less than the dual motor version of the endurance, and only 60,000 pieces, but has faster speed and acceleration, as well as stronger performance. But model X requires users to wait more time before it can be delivered.
Compared with Model X, in fact, Model Y can be said to be both cheap and bowl performance, for users who like Tesla, like SUVs, and pure electric vehicles, Model Y is the best choice, and for users with long-distance needs, the dual motor endurance version is the most worth buying. And for users who have requirements for performance such as acceleration, the dual motor performance version is definitely more worth buying.
For no long-distance demand, the performance does not matter, just commuting or short-distance users, the single motor version may be a better choice, but I personally think that the single motor version is the lowest cost performance, the dual motor endurance version is the most cost-effective one is also the most worthy of buying, but also the most suitable for family use.