Tesla Model Y Could Sit On All-New Platform

Tesla’s Model Y SUV was expected to follow its Model 3 donor car in many ways, including the 3’s layout and platform.

But company CEO Elon Musk reportedly thinks that the Model Y should get an all-new platform, which could then lend itself to other new models.

Reports from The Verge out of the US claim Musk made the suggestions during an earnings call this week.

Musk also said that favourable production runs for the Model 3 could see the Model Y’s debut brought forward by around a year - from 2020 to 2019.

As the Model 3 has been billed as Tesla’s ‘people’s car’, it is unclear what affect an all-new platform would have on the Model Y’s interior space, off-road ability (if any) or price tag.

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