Observers and insiders alike didn’t expect Model Y production in the Long Range (LR) variant at the German Gigafactory to begin anytime soon – but Tesla has now started with that. First in late June and again over the weekend, a few dozen of them were on site in Grunheide, near Berlin. According to information from Teslamag.de, they mainly went to the landlord Sixt, who already to the best of his knowledge Several hundred electric cars found from German Tesla factory Is. At the same time, Grunheide’s Model Y LR was spotted in several other places this week.
German Model Y LR spotted three times
You can tell that you’re looking at the more medium LR version of the Model Y by the silver and smaller rims and the fact that, unlike the performance versions, it doesn’t have an additional spoiler lip on the back. It’s always come to Europe from the Tesla factory in China since last summer, and Grunheid went into series production this March exclusively with the Model Y performance. The original, in turn, can be identified by the vehicle identification number, which can be found on the windshield, among other things: XP7 debuts at German Gigafactory And A B in eleventh place as well.
This was apparently known to several observers who reported sightings of the Model Y LR from Grünheide at German locations this weekend. One of them, who is also active in the Tesla Drivers and Friends (TFF) forum, provided teslamag.de with the photo above. It was made on Saturday at the Tesla Center in Duisburg, as he explained. Like their own Model 3, the one they found there was in the pickup hall, even right next to it.
And this week wasn’t the only such discovery. Friday night Another TFF member reported From a black Model Y LR at Tesla in Ottersburg; On the label in the pane, in addition to a matching vehicle number, it also clearly says “MY Berlin GA1” twice. Another white example was reported and shown on Saturday from Gundelfingen near Freiburg, with information that it was intended as a demonstration vehicle.
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No one at TFF had a definitive date for handing out the Model Y LR in the next few days. This would fit with current information from teslamag.de, according to which Grunheid’s early examples are intended for internal Tesla use, except for partially fleet customers. Some of them are said to have been recreated this week. Friday night gone after the last batch Gigafactory, however, is going into a two-week break for renovations.So that temporarily there won’t be many new Model Ys to analyze on parking areas there or in the rest of Germany – but then more.
