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The first thing you see now when you go to the Tesla webpage for the Model Y is the new Model Y L Premium. This is the new three-row Model Y first launched in China. It is now being built and sold in the United States to try to boost sales here. Even with Tesla sales rebounded strongly in Europe last quarter, they were reportedly down by about 20% year over year in the US — even with high gas prices from the war on Iran and the Strait of Hormuz closure! Clearly, Tesla needs a boost in the US market.
The first image on an automatic slideshow shows the starting price for the Tesla Model Y L Premium being $61,990. (It always make me chuckle and shake my head a little that Tesla uses those $990 endings on prices since Elon Musk said years ago he hated that kind of pricing and that Tesla would only use clear flat pricing … like $62,000 instead of $61,990. Anyway, clearly, this little trick gets more people to buy cars, and Tesla has to do all it can today to sell cars.)
But the question is, how many people will buy the Tesla Model Y L in the USA?
No one knows. These are some factors to consider that I think could be significant when trying to answer this question:
