Cars
published in January 2, 2021 |
by Johnna Crider
January 2, 2021 in Johnna Crider
In a topic on Twitter, Ray4Tesla gives your followers and the world the first look at a Tesla Model Y made in China (MIC). He posted six videos on a topic of six tweets. In this first video, the camera shows several vehicles and takes a good look at Michelin tires and wheels:
First close observation of the MIC Model Y. pic.twitter.com/sNfMz9lyXM
– Ray4Tesla⚡️🚘☀️🔋 (@ ray4tesla) January 1, 2021
In the second video, we can see the interior of the MIC model Y, which includes a wooden finish on the driver’s side door. The next two videos show a quick view of the driver’s seat and the matte black handle of the Model Y. As with the Model 3, the Chinese-made Model Y also has its own emblem on the rear.
Part 3 pic.twitter.com/S5gBe4zmnj
– Ray4Tesla⚡️🚘☀️🔋 (@ ray4tesla) January 1, 2021
Part 5 pic.twitter.com/zrJXkifHQB
– Ray4Tesla⚡️🚘☀️🔋 (@ ray4tesla) January 1, 2021
Part 6 pic.twitter.com/hvEQfmIVRP
– Ray4Tesla⚡️🚘☀️🔋 (@ ray4tesla) January 1, 2021
You can see Ray’s full video topic on here.
Allegedly, according to Ray, sales of the MIC Model Y are also exploding now that they are getting out of line.
MIC Model Ys are being sold like hot cakes now. A few hours after the launch of the new price update, the online pre-order number reached 80 thousand. Sales representatives find it difficult to follow up on questions and answers and advise customers to be patient or leave contact information for return calls. pic.twitter.com/z5Zuy27oeO
– Ray4Tesla⚡️🚘☀️🔋 (@ ray4tesla) January 1, 2021
Ridiculous requirement of the MIC Y model
Tesmanian reports that Tesla China launched its Model Y with “minimum” prices and noted that delivery would be this month. The article includes some updates to Tesla China’s official Weibo account that show how high demand for Tesla in China is. As soon as the official MIC Model Y website went live, there were so many orders that they made the following statement: “There are currently many orders on the official website and may not be updated. Please be patient. “
The new starting prices for the MIC Model Y are 339,900 yuan ($ 51,890) for the Long Range version and 369,900 yuan ($ 56,482) for the Performance version.
Tesmanian also reported the possibility that the MIC Model Y exceeded 100,000 orders in 10 hours after its new price. One thing we know for sure is that clean technology is winning and Tesla is leading this victory for the automotive industry.
Made in China, the Y model left Giga Shanghai at the beginning of the new year. Rumors are that pre-orders have reached more than 105,000 since the Y model was officially online yesterday. Tesla China is full of requests and questions.
Source of the video: https://t.co/oVHGuhCp2b pic.twitter.com/k2LjqdoQYb
– Sawyer Merritt 📈🚀 (@SawyerMerritt) January 1, 2021
Note that Tesla’s sales in China are getting close to Tesla’s sales in the US, but the sales division in those countries is very different. Model Y now represents more sales than any other Tesla model in the U.S., but none of China’s sales so far. What will happen now that Model Y is being delivered in China? Will it become the best-selling Tesla model there? Will China become the main US market?
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