Tesla announces Model YL, a larger 6-seater SUV coming this fall

Tesla has announced the new ‘Model YL’, a larger 6-seater Model Y with a longer wheelbase, coming to China this fall.

We first heard about this new version of the Model Y through hacker Green last month.

Today, Tesla officially announced the new Model Y variant, called Model YL, on China’s Weibo, stating that it will be available this fall. The automaker also released these two images:

It looks like Tesla announced the new model today, despite not being available until this fall, because it was officially posted on China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) website for regulatory approval.

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The filing gives us a little more detail.

Here’s a comparison table between the new Model Y released earlier this year and this new Model YL:

As you can see, the new Model YL is slightly longer, ~180mm or 7 inches longer, and 24mm or about an inch taller.

The wheelbase is also 150mm, or approximately 6 inches, longer.

Here are pictures of the new Model YL released through the MIIT filing:

Electrek’s Take

This appears to be in response to several new all-electric third-row SUVs launching in China in the last few months.

Most recently, the Onvo L90 has been launched at a very competitive price compared to the Model Y.

However, this is expected to be priced closer to the equivalent of $50,000 in China as it uses LG battery cells and it is bigger than the current Model Y. In comparison, the Onvo L90 starts at the equivalent of $39,000.

Tesla needs to go down market with the Model Y in China if it wants to stop the bleeding. Not up market.