Tesla has removed the $41,990 Model Y All-Wheel Drive from its U.S. order configurator, making the $49,990 Model Y Premium the most affordable all-wheel-drive variant available to order. According to EV, the lower-priced trim is no longer listed on Tesla’s U.S. configurator.
Tesla’s Model Y design page now lists five variants. The entry-level Model Y Rear-Wheel Drive starts at $39,990 and offers an estimated EPA range of 348 miles. It can accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in 6.8 seconds and has a top speed of 125 mph, according to Tesla’s website.
The company has not officially announced the change or provided an explanation on its website.
The discontinued Model Y All-Wheel Drive remains available through Tesla’s existing inventory in the U.S. The company’s inventory page still includes the AWD filter, with vehicles listed at $42,990 and $43,990 on Friday. Both versions offer an estimated range of 294 miles.
The Model Y Premium Rear-Wheel Drive is priced at $45,990 and delivers 355 miles of range, with a 0-60 mph time of 5.4 seconds. The Premium All-Wheel Drive costs $49,990, offers 327 miles of range, and accelerates from 0 to 60 mph in 4.3 seconds. This makes the Premium AWD $8,000, or around 19%, more expensive than the discontinued $41,990 AWD variant. It is now the cheapest new all-wheel-drive Model Y available to configure.
Further up the lineup, the Model Y Performance costs $57,990 and provides 306 miles of range, a 0-60 mph time of 3.3 seconds, and a top speed of 155 mph. At the top end, the six-seat Model Y L Premium is priced at $61,990 and offers 332 miles of range with a 0-60 mph time of 4.4 seconds.
Tesla introduced the Model Y AWD to its U.S. lineup in February at $41,990, positioning it between the rear-wheel-drive and Premium trims. At the time, Tesla Vice President of Finance Sendil Palani described it as the company’s lowest-priced all-wheel-drive vehicle ever sold in North America by a significant margin and said the new variant was intended to attract more buyers to the brand.
The change follows another recent adjustment to Tesla’s lineup. A week earlier, the automaker stopped accepting orders for its lowest-priced Cybertruck variant as it moved toward ending production of the electric pickup.
The Model Y lineup change follows Tesla’s decision a week earlier to stop accepting orders for its most affordable Cybertruck variant as the company prepares to end production of the pickup. It also comes six months after Tesla built its final Model S and Model X vehicles.
Elon Musk announced the end of both models during Tesla’s fourth-quarter earnings call on January 28. He stated the company was winding down the Model S and Model X programs as it shifts its focus towards an autonomous future.
Neither vehicle is currently listed on Tesla’s U.S. new-vehicle inventory website, which now includes only the Model 3, Model Y and Cybertruck.
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