{"id":264980,"date":"2023-10-03T13:07:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T13:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/tesla-launches-a-cheaper-model-y-rwd-option-in-the-us\/"},"modified":"2024-01-21T01:09:01","modified_gmt":"2024-01-21T01:09:01","slug":"tesla-launches-a-cheaper-model-y-rwd-option-in-the-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/tesla-launches-a-cheaper-model-y-rwd-option-in-the-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Tesla launches a cheaper Model Y RWD option in the US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/st.arenaev.com\/news\/23\/10\/tesla-model-y-rwd-option\/-1242x621\/arenaev_000.jpg\" alt=\"ArenaEV\"><br \/> Shortly after Tesla us dropped the base AWD Model Y option from its configurator, the company adds a rear-wheel drive option that&#8217;s $3,750 cheaper. It starts at $43,990 and when you apply the full tax credit of $7,500, the actual asking price goes down to $36,490. Some believe that Tesla is using Lithium-iron-Phosphate (LFP) batteries, which are cheaper to produce than Nickel-Manganese-Cobalt (NMC) cells. They are also touted as more durable and more efficient. Perhaps that&#8217;s the reason Tesla is able to keep the price of the new Model Y so low. The new trim has 418 km of range, as&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arenaev.com\/tesla_launches_a_cheaper_model_y_rwd_option_in_the_us_-news-2503.php\" target='blank' rel=\"noopener\">More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/st.arenaev.com\/news\/23\/10\/tesla-model-y-rwd-option\/-1242x621\/arenaev_000.jpg\" alt=\"ArenaEV\"><br \/> Shortly after Tesla us dropped the base AWD Model Y option from its configurator, the company adds a rear-wheel drive option that&#8217;s $3,750 cheaper. It starts at $43,990 and when you apply the full tax credit of $7,500, the actual asking price goes down to $36,490.<\/p>\n<p>Some believe that Tesla is using Lithium-iron-Phosphate (LFP) batteries, which are cheaper to produce than Nickel-Manganese-Cobalt (NMC) cells. They are also touted as more durable and more efficient. Perhaps that&#8217;s the reason Tesla is able to keep the price of the new Model Y so low.<\/p>\n<p>The new trim has 418 km of range, as&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/tesla-launches-a-cheaper-model-y-rwd-option-in-the-us\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":264981,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-264980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arenaev"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=264980"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264980\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":281598,"href":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264980\/revisions\/281598"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/264981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.evearly.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}