Tesla has updated all the wheels options for the Model Y, unveiling two more wheel designs in the process: berturbine and Induction wheels.<\/p>\n
Over the last few months, we have seen many new Model Y prototypes with unreleased wheels, including wheels that Tesla first unveiled on the Model 3 prototypes back in 2016 but never released.<\/p>\n
After the original unveiling in 2016, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that they spent a lot of time on those wheels, and that they plan on bringing them to production.<\/p>\n
They never did for the Model 3, but one of them has been spotted on a couple of Model Y prototypes, and we speculated that Tesla might finally bring them to production as exclusive wheels for the electric SUV.<\/p>\n
With the start of production and the announcement of the first deliveries in March, Tesla has updated its Model Y online configurator to include two new wheel options:<\/p>\n
Here are the new Tesla Model Y wheels:<\/p>\n
Tesla also made the 19-inch Gemini wheels standard on all versions of the Model Y.<\/p>\n
However, the Gemini wheels were already made available on the Model 3 in China, as well as an aftermarket winter wheel and tire package for the Model 3 in North America.<\/p>\n
As for the two new wheel designs, they are only available on the Model Y.<\/p>\n
The 20-inch Induction wheels are now only offered as a $2,000 option on the Model Y Long Range Dual Motor and Performance versions.<\/p>\n
They have been spotted on a Model Y prototype for the first time earlier this month.<\/p>\n
The new 21-inch berturbine Wheels are only available on the Model Y Performance version. They were also previously spotted on a Model Y prototype, but they were first unveiled on the Model 3 prototype in 2016.<\/p>\n
The wheels design was credited to Joonas Vartola, a car designer who left Tesla in 2016 to become an independent designer in Finland.<\/p>\n
Back in 2018, Musk said that Tesla would make that specific design available as an aftermarket upgrade for the Model 3 later in the year,but it never happened.<\/p>\n
Now its officially going to production in the Model Y.<\/p>\n
Along with the announcement yesterday that Tesla is starting Model Y production and the first deliveries are going to take place in March, Tesla confirmed that the range of the Model Y can now reach 315 miles on a single charge up from the previously announced 280-mile.<\/p>\n
However, the range can only be achieved with the standard 19-inch wheels.<\/p>\n
The bigger 20- and 21-inch wheel options are going to affect efficiency and reduce the EPA-rated range of the electric SUV to around 280 miles, according to Teslas own estimate.<\/p>\n
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