Tesla has formally launched its design-refreshed Mannequin Y “Juniper” for the Chinese language market, and as many marvel when the electrical car (EV) will launch in North America, one other has been noticed driving in California.
As captured in a video from X consumer Teslaconomics on Sunday, a lined Tesla Mannequin Y “Juniper” was noticed driving in Santa Clara, California, following the corporate’s official launch of the EV in China on Thursday. Within the video, you may see the car’s entrance and rear bumpers lined with a wrap to cover the newly redesigned headlights and taillights, regardless of them having gone public with the current launch.
The sighting comes as the most recent U.S. sighting of the brand new Mannequin Y, and the primary for the reason that newly refreshed car went on sale in China. It shouldn’t come as an excessive amount of of a shock to see the EV driving across the Bay Space, particularly given Tesla’s engineering headquarters situated in Palo Alto and its manufacturing facility in Fremont, although it does add to hypothesis as to when the corporate will launch the car within the U.S.
Some customers additionally famous that it was fascinating that Tesla continued to cowl the car up, for the reason that design has already been revealed, although it doubtless would have created fairly substantial buzz if it had been noticed within the U.S. with none masking.
You possibly can see the total video beneath, as posted by Teslaconomics.
BREAKING: I discovered the brand new Tesla Mannequin Y in Silicon Valley, CA! pic.twitter.com/Xsf5DEk5M5
— Teslaconomics (@Teslaconomics) January 12, 2025
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Different Tesla Mannequin Y ‘Juniper’ sightings in current weeks
A number of different lined Mannequin Y autos had been noticed within the Bay Space within the weeks main as much as the China launch, most just lately together with a sighting in Hayward, California, simply days earlier than the brand new yr started. From the photographs and video shared in that sighting, we had been in a position to see the crimson gentle bar throughout the rear that had beforehand been rumored, together with hints as to the entrance gentle bar, each of which have now been revealed.
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A few week previous to that, one other lined model of the new Tesla Mannequin Y was seen driving in San Mateo, once more with the everyday masking. In each appearances, the autos’ home windows had been closely tinted, so we weren’t on the time in a position to see what the inside regarded like. Yet one more refreshed Mannequin Y was seen driving in San Jose a bit over every week earlier, initially giving viewers the concept it could embody the crimson gentle bar.
Others had been noticed way back to August, although they’ve positively been seen with rising frequency within the final a number of weeks.
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When will Tesla launch the brand new Mannequin Y within the U.S. and Canada?
It’s not but clear when Tesla plans to launch the newly refreshed Mannequin Y “Juniper” within the U.S., Canada or different markets, however the firm may comply with the same sample to its launch of the refreshed Mannequin 3 in late 2023 by final yr. For that launch, Tesla first debuted the brand new Mannequin 3—then dubbed the “Highland”— in European and Asian markets in 2023, earlier than launching the redesign within the U.S. final January.
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