Recently, a Tesla follower posted on the Internet that when analyzing the new 2022.8.2 software update, he found a new version of Tesla cars being added to the software list. It is reported that the new car, called tesla Model YStandard Range Plus (SR+), is manufactured at the Austin Gigafactory in Texas and put into production in the first quarter of 2022.
Tesla Model Y
Previously, the EPA (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency) website also launched a new Tesla Model Y model, and the car is likely to be the exposed Model YSR+, which has an EPA range of 279 miles (449 kilometers), which is 82 kilometers less than the current long-range AWD version. However, considering the reduction in the range of the car, coupled with Tesla's previous announcement that all low-end Model 3 models will be replaced with lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries, the new model may also be equipped with LFP batteries.
The EPA website launched a new version of the Tesla Model Y
In addition to this model, Tesla's gigafactory in Austin, Texas, will also produce a Model Y equipped with Tesla's new 4680 cylindrical battery, and the 4680 battery pack will use high nickel materials, so it will have a lighter weight, which will further improve the range of the long-endurance AWD version.
Tesla Gigafactory production line
The whistleblower also said that Tesla's newly produced Model Y will offer a variety of different battery types, according to this speculation, equipped with LFP batteries and Tesla Model Y equipped with 4680 batteries may even be two separate projects, the two will be jointly produced in the Austin Gigafactory. Considering that the Tesla Model Y, which also produces LFP batteries and 2170 battery packs at the Shanghai Gigafactory, this speculation has a greater possibility.