- It's happening.
The Tesla Model Y is being delivered in the United States,
and I was fortunate to check out the first one
in California, possibly in the country.
So I wanna share that experience with you
and just give you my first impressions on it.
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The model I saw was a blue performance model
with the upgrade package, and this includes
the 21 inch Uberturbine wheels, it has 280 miles of range,
a zero to 60 of 3.5 seconds,
and a top speed of 155 miles per hour.
Now this Uberturbine wheel is an interesting one,
because without it the same car, with the same zero to 60,
gets 315 miles, and now I believe 316 miles
if you go with the long-range edition,
so that's a big drop just because of that wheel,
and this is what we've seen in the past
with Model X and Model S and some of the other ones,
where they have these big beautiful stylish rims,
but they just eat your range.
So it's something to consider
if you haven't ordered yours yet.
Now the first thing that really struck me
when I looked at the Model Y in person after
the unveiling where I saw it, was just how good it looked.
You know, it's one of those things where sometimes
when you see pictures of it or you see it maybe at night,
like I did at the unveiling event, it's different.
And so seeing it up close and personal,
I actually really really like this.
At first I thought this was more the soccer mom,
soccer dad kind of vehicle, but no.
With the performance package here, with the spoiler,
the red calipers, the 21 inch rims, the lowered suspension,
all those things, this thing is sexy and stylish.
I really really like the way it looks.
And something that I hadn't got to do prior
was put it next to other Teslas.
So when I had it next to a Model X,
you could see that it's almost the same height,
which is great because from my earlier memory of it,
it seemed like just maybe a little bit bigger than
a Model Three, but no, in fact it's a very spacious vehicle.
So when you sit inside of it
the full glass panoramic roof gives you a ton of head room.
And then just all around it,
looking at it compared to a Model X you can see that
it almost matches the size and shape almost identically,
and if you don't have that spoiler sticking out on
the Model X, which is like a mine is where it has
an active spoiler that goes down, it's,
the profile's almost identical.
So this is actually a lot better than what I remember.
I don't know how different it is from the unveiling,
I'm sure someone will go pick apart that
on Reddit somewhere, but overall the size
and the shape and everything,
I was really impressed with just having my eyes on it,
you know, firsthand after seeing it several months ago.
And the first thing that I really wanted to check out was
the trunk space, and this is something that is
the big distinguishing feature and the reason why me
and my family are upgrading from our Model Three to this.
First off it has a power lift gate, which works really well,
it operates very similarly to how my aftermarket one does
on the Three, and how the built-in ones on the S and X do,
there's a button, you push it, it goes up,
it goes down, basic stuff.
But inside of it, this is where it gets
a little bit more interesting.
So inside of the trunk space on the left,
you have these little levers,
and when you pull on those levers what you get is
the seats fold down automatically,
and it almost looks motorized,
I don't think it actually is motorized,
because when you pull on them again nothing happens,
they don't magically come back up,
that would be a really cool feature.
But when they're all the way down,
you have a ton of room here.
Easily enough to lay in and go camping in,
or just put some bigger items
that you maybe need to move around.
My wife does interior design
and so a lot of times she'll have a piece of furniture,
a chair or something like that.
I go surfing a lot, so I want to throw
some boards back there, wetsuits
and all those kind of things.
This is going to be a incredibly functional vehicle.
And one of the crazy things is that there
are two compartments underneath the flat trunk part.
The first one is pretty shallow,
and then there's a second one behind it
where you would normally find the kinda under trunk
or undercarriage space, where you see here
the charging cables and all that,
and there's also some side pockets there.
But this just increases and adds again to
the functionality of this vehicle.
So it's kind of unique.
I'm not sure what you're going to put over there,
maybe the charging connectors or some extra cables,
water bottles, those kind of things.
And it definitely seems bigger than the Model Three.
So continuing that theme of utility,
the frunk is big as well.
It's not as big as a Model X of course,
but much bigger than the Model Three,
and an interesting bit is that it has
this kind of donut on the top, which seals it.
I'm not quite sure why it does that,
maybe if you don't want water to get in there
and maybe that was an issue with some of the other ones.
I've never seen that be a problem before in any other model,
but this has this extra donut kind of lip
around the hood on the top of it, which does seal it shut.
Which I guess, you know, maybe it's for food left in there,
you don't want it stinking up the car
or something like that.
So good size frunk.
It has kind of a hard grate bottom,
and then of course you have
a little tow hitch eye hole there.
That's, if you're unfamiliar,
on the front of the car there's
a round button it looks like,
when you pop that it kind of twists sideways,
it seems to break always, I don't know why,
you take this little eye hole thing and you screw it
in there and that's how a car can tow you.
Now typically if you are going to get towed with
a flat tire or something like that,
the tire isn't going to be completely bald or gone,
so they'll just drive it up onto a flatbed.
But if you ever do need to do it, that is what that's for.
And let's talk about these wheels again
for a second, because they're beautiful.
I really love this Uberturbine-style wheel.
The only thing I don't like about it is the size.
The fact that it's 21 inches, yes it looks great,
especially with the car being lowered out of the factory
and all those kind of things,
but they kill your range by 35 or 36 miles
if you're going long-range version,
and that is a huge hit if you plan on using
this vehicle for road trips,
which is something I would highly recommend because of
the range, because of utility, all the other reasons.
So I get what they're doing here,
I would probably buy some aftermarket rims,
I don't know where from if anyone's making 'em yet,
and I would maybe get a 19 inch rim with
a bigger tire and then lower it, probably
the lowering kit coming out of Unplugged Performance.
I'm sure they'll have one.
So those things are going to be out there,
there's going to be other options.
I think that that would just maybe give it
a similar stylish look,
but maybe longer range and a better ride, so who knows.
But I really love this style,
this is very reminiscent of what
the Model Three had at the unveiling.
And when you put it next to the Model Three,
you can really get a good sense of how much bigger it is.
I remember at the unveiling thinking it just felt
a tiny bit bigger, like just a touch bigger,
but here you can see just how much bigger it is
versus the Model Three, and that's really encouraging
for people with families like myself,
that need more room when you're going on road trips
or even just going, you know, hauling the kids
to school and back and those kind of things.
So I really stand by this is going to be
the best selling Tesla of all time here in a couple years.
Now some other little quirks I noticed were
how the visor connects.
It has like a little latch that pops down,
or is just sticking down from the roof of the car,
so that was kind of an interesting odd quirk,
and then inside of the doors you see
an extra speaker which is not something I believe is in
the Model Three at all, so that was kind of a unique thing.
Now I haven't got a chance to really test out the audio,
I only got to spend a few minutes with the guy
that got his first delivery here,
so this is what I was able to get out of that.
And I'm just really kind of excited
about this more than anything.
I'm waiting on a white long range
all-wheel drive version for me and my family.
We went with that, I think the performance would
be another option, but we're going to have performance cars,
so it isn't really the point of this car.
I think it will feel great regardless,
especially if you've never owned a Tesla before.
The quickness in the off the line, you know,
torque you get is just going to be ridiculous.
So, you know no matter which way you go,
this is going to be an incredibly fun car to drive,
and for me and my family it's going to be probably
the absolute best considering, you know,
two kids living in a place where we like to go outdoors
a lot, so we need to bring bikes
and surfboards and those kind of things.
So really stoked on the Model Y.
Really happy that these deliveries are happening.
Cannot wait to get mine.
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