Tesla Model Y Review: Price, Interior, Release Date & More

The 2020 Tesla Model Y is a new electric small luxury SUV. It joins the Model X within Tesla's lineup of electric SUVs. It's smaller than the X and lacks some of the X's flashiness (or gimmickry, some might say). The Y, for instance, has regular doors instead of the X's upward rear swinging doors. In fact, the Y has a lot in common with the Tesla Model 3 sedan and has a similar interior design and electric powertrain. It's one of the first small electric luxury SUVs to hit the market, though automakers such as BMW, Ford and Volvo are also set to launch rival electric SUVs of their own.

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[randy]

The rear seats do recline. You use the lever on top of the seat.

[ariip]

It seems as though the publications, magazines and official car reviewers always miss many things and get things wrong sometimes, when the run of the mill weekender youtubers seem to never miss anything. Tell me who should be the ones doing their job properly if that is what their full time job officially is.

[CFG]

I love my Model 3 P. It’s the best car I’ve ever had. I’ve put 20, 500 miles on it in 7 months.

[Chris]

You can control a lot of things with voice commands (rather than go through the screen).

[sergest-pierre]

Rear seats do recline. Control is on top of the rear seats. Well, on other model Y video I saw

[urbaneater]

His statement that Autopilot warnings don't stop people from thinking that the car can drive itself is unfounded. He makes it seem like most or a significant number of Tesla owners believe this. While this is not scientific by any means, I have yet to meet a single Tesla owner that thinks the car can drive itself. Non-Tesla owners might think that way but certainly no Tesla owner who drives on Autopilot every day would think this way as interventions are needed from time to time. I would argue that an extreme minority of owners think that the car can drive itself. There's a difference between ignorance and people who are negligent which I believe is the later case for the people you see on YouTube improperly using Autopilot. He is doing the public a disservice by conflating the two.

[humandoing]

There is a second storage compartment in the back.

[rickcobia]

Teslas have onscreen display of how close you are (down to the inch) to an object when backing up or parking head first. You should have know that because you have driven the model 3.

[FeatureRequest]

Best case to use autopilot is on highway in middle lanes. I use it everyday and it's a game changer. The more u use it the more u know when to use it. It keeps getting better people.

[ariip]

Yes! again. "the back seats are a bit upright"?? But they recline. Check out the info or read the manual before you do a video review. It is also all over the internet and on other videos. Then you also forgot about the other rear under storage area.

[KrisTC]

10:50 Tesla voice control is actually quite sophisticated now, although Apple car play would be nice.
6:45 the rear seat back can recline.

[cesartrujillo]

You skip tracks with the steering wheel button. Want a different song? Press the steering wheel button and ask for it. Want the cabin cooler? Press the button and say it. Seat heaters on? Press the button and say it. Want to send a suggestion to Tesla? Press and hold the steering wheel button and say your suggestion. More about CarPlay. Want to send and reply to text messages as they are read aloud to you? You can do that too. It’s an option in your Bluetooth settings. Is this all too complicated for you? There is no user manual. It’s all on the center console along with videos. Yes videos walking you through all kinds of things. Tesla even shows you how to change your in cabin air filter yourself.

[raheeb]

Jason, the cargo area has a second hidden compartment under the floor, right behind the 2nd row seats. Also, you mention those 2nd row seat backs are quite upright, but you didn’t mention the standard feature of being able to change the angle of them. And changing the tracks on ur phone?? Just use the thumb button on the steering wheel...I do it all the time ...

[silvercs]

Sorry, Carlos, you are the wrong guy to test this car from my POV. Thanks for telling us about about all the things you are used to in your ICE car that are not here. Or needed.

[MrLSDownliner]

Performance version with Uber turbines range isn’t 315, its 280 so your getting right range at 100% also you can use the scroll buttons to change music tracks, you barely need to use the screen whilst driving for basic commands and even advanced ones.

[jamesswaller]

Turn the rear camera on while driving (via voice cmd is easy) when you want a better rear view like close quarters on the freeway

[Cross-xmfr]

Tesla infotainment and voice command is way better than Android auto or carplay

[ChadCourtneyTAZ]

You actually do have voice commands (and App commands if you have the App on your phone with access to the car) that can be used from the back seat to turn on the heat without asking Driver/Front Passenger to do it for you. Also, keep in mind that Full Self Driving hasn't been enabled as of yet. You should mention that before simply saying that it cannot drive itself, or that you shouldn't trust it to drive it self. You should say as of today, you just have Autopilot and you should not confuse that for it fully driving itself.

[ColinFox]

Carlos - why do you (and seemingly every other reviewer with a nit to pick) keep asking for physical A/C controls? In a Tesla you set the temperature to whatever is comfortable and just leave it there. If you want to twiddle with your A/C and you're driving, just turn on autopilot and then go and twiddle. You're usually going to look when you grab the physical A/C control anyway, just to make sure you're getting the correct knob. If you think you can adjust everything in your ICE by "touch", I'd love to see a video where you put on a blindfold and then perform tasks given to you by a passenger. You're not going to pass. We need to look at what we're doing, unless it's something like adjusting volume which you can do with the left thumbwheel anyway.

[stevenh]

Overall review seemed reasonable, but, bit on the end on Autopilot was odd... it is dramatically more capable than the presenter stated. NEVER found it late on steering adjustments. In the past there were occasions where it would accelerate more quickly than I would, but, that seems to have been resolved. You definitely are still the one who needs to be responsible at all times, as there are situations it may not understand as well as a human, i.e. about once every 500 miles on the highway it will get confused by an overpass and slow down as much as 20 mph without need. I do 500+ mile trips with some frequency and on long stretches on the highway (traffic or not) it is extremely helpful, but, again, oversee what the car is doing!