{"id":112191,"date":"2020-08-30T14:08:56","date_gmt":"2020-08-30T21:08:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/tesla-model-y-elon-musks-second-electric-suv-is-here"},"modified":"2020-08-30T14:08:56","modified_gmt":"2020-08-30T21:08:56","slug":"tesla-model-y-elon-musks-second-electric-suv-is-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/tesla-model-y-elon-musks-second-electric-suv-is-here","title":{"rendered":"Tesla Model Y: Elon Musk\u2019s second electric SUV is here"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/tesla-model-y-elon-musks-second-electric-suv-is-here2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tesla scraps plans for its bargain version of the Model Y.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Elon Musk unveiled Tesla\u2019s mid-size electric SUV, the Model Y, Thursday night in Hawthorne, Calif.<\/p>\n<p>The most-affordable Model Y will have a base price of $39,000 and a 230-mile battery range, but customers will have to wait until at least 2021 to own one of the five-seater SUVs. Tesla will first sell more expensive versions of the Model Y \u2014 with prices starting from $47,000 to $60,000, and offering more battery range. Those will ship starting in 2020, according to the company. <strong> <\/strong>There are additional charges for Tesla\u2019s autopilot software, a third row of seats and colors other than black. A panoramic glass roof comes standard.<\/p>\n<p>An enthusiastic Musk said on stage he expected Tesla to sell more Model Ys than Model 3s and Model Xs combined. Production of the SUV is supposed to begin next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tesla scraps plans for its bargain version of the Model Y. Elon Musk unveiled Tesla\u2019s mid-size electric SUV, the Model Y, Thursday night in Hawthorne, Calif. The most-affordable Model Y will have a base price of $39,000 and a 230-mile battery range, but customers will have to wait until at least 2021 to own one [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":556,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2019,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-112191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-elon-musk","category-robotics-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112191","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/556"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112191\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}