Selling Well, Tesla Model Y Recently Touched The Ordering Rate Of 200,000 Units In China

JAKARTA - Tesla has launched a refresher version of the Model Y or referred to as the 'Juniper' for the Chinese market earlier this year. Two months since its debut, this crossover has received good acceptance in the country.

Launching from CarNewsChina, Saturday, March 8, manufacturers from the United States (US) have pocketed 200,000 pre-orders, following previous achievements of up to 50,000 orders on launch day.

According to the company, they indicated that a number of stores in Beijing consistently received orders of around 100 units per day. However, the report also noted that many of these orders were initial orders that could be returned.

Deliveries themselves began on February 26 with the initial phase delivering more than 6,000 units handed over to buyers in China.

In design, the most prominent change to Facelift's Model Y is its exterior design, which takes inspiration from robotaxi Cybertruck and Cybercab using a new forward light design.

The rear wheel drive version is powered by a 62.5 kWh battery and has a CLTC range of 593 kilometers, up 39 kilometers from its predecessor 554 kilometers.

The variant is powered by a rear electric motor with a peak power of 220 kW and is capable of running 0 to 100 kilometers per hour in 5.3 seconds, better than its predecessor of 5.9 seconds.

Meanwhile, the driving version of all long-range wheels is powered by a battery with a capacity of 78.4 kWh and has a CLTC range of 719 kilometers, an increase of 31 kilometers compared to its predecessor of 688 kilometers.

For the rear wheel drive variant, Tesla set prices starting from 263,500 yuan or equivalent to IDR 594.1 million and the driving type of all wheels with a higher range power is priced from 303,500 yuan or around IDR 684.3 million.

The manufacturer, led by Elon Musk, intends to boost sales in China after obtaining poor results in February, selling only 30,688 units, down 49 percent from the previous year's gains in the same period.

In January-February, Tesla sold 93,926 units of Chinese-made vehicles, down 28.7 percent compared to last year's score at the same time.