Tesla updates the configurator for his SUV Model Y proposing a new RWD version with Standard Range autonomy and offering among the options a 7-seater configuration with additional third row and various accessory modifications.

In addition to the Long Range Dual Motor and Performance versions, therefore available the Standard Range configuration, for the moment exclusively on me US rcato, which lowers the list price to 41. 999 $ , leaving Model 3 the title of the cheapest model in the range.

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Last summer Elon Musk had declared that he had renounced a standard range version of the Model Y but in fact we see it appear now despite the autonomy declared is slightly higher than the 230 miles initially declared, or 244 miles about 392 km , when Musk himself previously declared unacceptable autonomy under the 250 miles.

Tesla has communicated that deliveries of this new version of the vehicle will begin between 2 and 5 weeks in the US .

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In addition to the new standard range configuration, additional options have appeared, the most interesting of which is to be obtained for 3. 00 0 $ the installation of the third row of seats reaching a total of 7 places available , with, in addition to the two extra small seats located in the rear trunk, a series of accessory changes:

• Third row easy access system
• Third row USB-C charging
• Sliding second row with adjustable backrests
• Second and third row foldable for maximum load storage
• Foldable electronic unlocks in the trunk