A new standard range version of the Tesla Model Y is being offered to employees in Texas according to a company email.
Earlier this year, a Tesla model showed up on the EPA website that no one had ever heard of — a Tesla Model Y Standard Range with 279 miles of range. No such car exists on the Tesla website. In fact, the last we heard, Elon Musk had put the kibosh on abecause it could not qualify for an EPA rating of more than 250 miles, a key metric in his opinion.
But sharp-eyed observers at last week’s Cyber Rodeo at the new Gigafactory in Austin, Texas, noticed such a car during the presentation. Apparently the car is the first to be fitted with Tesla’s new 4680 battery cells that are twice the size of battery cells currently used in the Model Y Long Range but store 5 times as much energy. They are packaged in a newthat helps keep manufacturing costs down, which leads to lower prices for consumers.
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