{"id":46905,"date":"2024-09-03T11:31:16","date_gmt":"2024-09-03T11:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=46905"},"modified":"2024-09-03T11:31:16","modified_gmt":"2024-09-03T11:31:16","slug":"tesla-plans-6-seat-model-y-production-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/09\/03\/tesla-plans-6-seat-model-y-production-in-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Tesla Plans 6-Seat Model Y Production In China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tesla Inc<strong><b>.<\/b><\/strong> is reportedly planning to produce a six-seat version of its\u00a0Model Y SUV starting next year in China.<\/p>\n<p>The new variant of Tesla\u2019s best-selling vehicle will be made at the company\u2019s gigafactory in Shanghai starting late 2025, two people familiar with the matter\u00a0who wants to remain anonymous stated.<\/p>\n<p>The company has asked its suppliers to plan for a double-digit increase in Model Y production in China, the report added.<\/p>\n<p>Tesla did not immediately respond to Benzinga \u2018s request for confirmation of the report.<\/p>\n<p>Tesla started delivering Model Y in the U.S. in March 2020 and in China in January 2021. It is the latest mass-market offering from the company.<\/p>\n<p>Tesla commenced deliveries of the Cybertruck last year but the stainless-steel truck caters to a higher-end market with a starting price point of around $100,000 for the foundation series edition.<\/p>\n<p>Tesla offers the option of a seven-seat interior in the U.S. While the five-seat interior is included in the starting price of the vehicle, the 7-seat interior costs an additional $2000.<\/p>\n<p>However, in China, the vehicle is available only with five seats.\u00a0The electric SUV\u00a0starts at 249,900 yuan ($35,095) in China for its base version.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tesla Inc. is reportedly planning to produce a six-seat version of its\u00a0Model Y SUV starting next year in China. The new variant of Tesla\u2019s best-selling vehicle will be made at the company\u2019s gigafactory in Shanghai starting late 2025, two people familiar with the matter\u00a0who wants to remain anonymous stated. The company has asked its suppliers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":46906,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[173,249],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-46905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-world-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46905"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46905\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46907,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46905\/revisions\/46907"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}