The Tesla Mannequin Y L has gone on sale in China, a model of the world’s top-selling electrical automobile (EV) with an extended physique and a six-seat structure.
The Mannequin Y L, with L for ‘Lengthy’, provides 150mm to the usual five-seat Mannequin and Lengthy Vary AWD model’s 2890mm wheelbase however is 184mm longer total, with its six seats in a two-plus-two-plus-two structure.
In comparison with the five-seat Mannequin Y, the L additionally sits 34mm greater, provides 2mm of floor clearance (169mm) and is similar width regardless of having a 20mm wider entrance monitor but 12mm narrower rear monitor.
There’s additionally extra baggage house, with a claimed 2539L towards 2138L for five-seat variations, with the additional dimensions pushing weight up 96kg to 2088kg.
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The Mannequin Y L is obtainable solely with a dual-motor all-wheel drive powertrain, utilizing a 142kW entrance electrical motor and a 198kW rear electrical motor powered by an 82kWh nickel manganese cobalt (NCM) battery as within the Mannequin Y Lengthy Vary AWD.
In comparison with its shorter sibling, it has an extra 1km of vary on the CLTC cycle for a complete of 751km.
Tesla additionally claims the additional house and weight prices solely 0.2 seconds towards the five-seat Mannequin Y within the 0-100km/h dash, at 4.5 seconds.
Whereas all Teslas at present bought in Australia are made in China, the Mannequin Y L’s launch there doesn’t essentially imply an Australian arrival for the bigger Mannequin Y simply but.
“Mannequin Y L is a China-specific product for now. We’ll proceed to evaluate new merchandise for our market as they turn out to be out there,” Tesla Australia advised CarExpert.
The L is priced at ¥339,000 yuan ($A72,723) making it the costliest Mannequin Y, above the ¥313,500 ($A67,253) ask for the Lengthy Vary AWD model.
That’s an 8.1 per cent premium, with the Mannequin Y Lengthy-Vary AWD priced at $68,900 earlier than on-road prices, suggesting a worth of round $75,000 earlier than on-road prices for the Mannequin Y L.
Different modifications for the L over the remainder of the Mannequin Y vary embody repeatedly variable dampers, a 16.0-inch centre touchscreen (up 0.6 inches) and an 18-speaker audio system, up from 15.
The arrival of the Mannequin Y L is China comes as Tesla faces extra competitors from rivals together with the Xiaomi YU7 – which was launched in China in July at ¥1000 ($A215) lower than the entry-level Mannequin Y RWD’s ¥265,500 ($A56,956) worth.
In Australia, pricing was introduced for the Mannequin Y-rivalling ZEEKR 7X electrical SUV earlier this month, and it undercuts the Tesla by $1000 to start out at $57,990 earlier than on-road prices. First arrivals are anticipated in October.
The Mannequin Y stays on the prime of EV gross sales in Australia year-to-date, nonetheless final month the World Sealion 7 outsold it for the second time in 2025with the BYD outselling the Mannequin Y and Mannequin 3 mixed.
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