Each time Tesla releases a new software version, the well-known green hacker takes apart the code line by line in search of news and clues for the future. Now the 2022.8.2 firmware seems to confirm the long-awaited Tesla Model Y Standard Range Plus.
A Texas-built Tesla Model Y SR + has popped up in the code lines, so it’s easy to imagine that the car will be on the market very soon. Speaking of dates: it is also possible to read in the code how this car is marked 2022Q1, therefore it is legitimate to think of production in the first quarter of 2022 – in Texas, therefore, the works may already have started.
Recall that this is a fundamental model for Tesla, it is the Model Y that could sell more than any other. At the price level, it will certainly be the most accessible, moreover, its autonomy of 449 km estimated by the EPA could derive from the innovative 4680 cells, so we would be talking about the most advanced Model Y ever, capable of having just 82 km less than the Long Range. current (here are our five reasons to buy a new Tesla Model Y ).
Of course, this is not yet sure, Tesla has not released anything about it, the company could always opt for LFP batteries, the same ones used in the Model 3 Standard Range Plus produced in China (here the consumption test of the Model 3 SR + by Matteo Valenza ), so we can’t wait to find out more. We could even see LFP batteries with 4680 cells, it is not excluded, in short, there is a lot of meat in the fire.