TESLA MODEL Y AND CHEAP BATTERIES

EV Channels Review

The Fully Charged show reviews the Tesla Model Y, noting its shared components with the Model 3 but with a more practical hatchback-style rear opening and increased dimensions. While the interior is largely identical to the Model 3, the Model Y is wider and taller, which the reviewer finds less ideal for European roads. The review details various configurations: Standard Range RWD (EPA 370km/229mi), Long Range RWD (EPA 484km/301mi), Long Range AWD, and Performance AWD (EPA 500km/315mi). A significant portion of the episode focuses on the rapid advancements in EV battery technology, highlighting Tesla's progress towards cheaper, more energy-dense, and longer-lasting batteries, including the anticipated "million-mile battery." The reviewer emphasizes that these technological leaps, particularly the potential to break the $100/kWh barrier, will make EVs cheaper to manufacture than combustion engine cars by 2021, fundamentally changing the market. The episode also touches on Tesla's new "terror factory" in Austin, Texas.