Tesla has removed its cheapest Model Y trim from its online configurator for orders in the US. It also happens to be its cheapest Model Y.
Could it be related to the Cybertruck?
Tesla often makes changes to its vehicle lineups without announcement. It changes prices, options, and even sometimes whole vehicle trims altogether.
This time, it’s the latter.
In an overnight update to its online configurator in the US, Tesla has removed the base Model Y:
The trim was sometimes referred to as the Model Y AWD (not standard range, and not long range) or the Model Y from Texas.
It was a variant of the Model Y built with 4680 cells out of Gigafactory Texas.
At times, Tesla has greyed out variants in its online configurator – making them inaccessible to order, but this time, it has removed the Model Y AWD altogether.
This is raising some…