Revealed: The all-new 2025 Tesla Model Y – full story on new version of UK’s best-selling EV
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Tesla China’s website reveals the new Model Y in full – here’s everything we know about the EV. The all-new 2025 Tesla Model Y has been revealed in full on Tesla China’s website, putting to end months of rumours and speculation about the details on the replacement for what was the world’s best-selling car in 2023 and the UK’s best-selling electric car in 2024.
![[The rear of the new 2025 Tesla Model Y features a full-width light bar using reflective light, plus the Tesla name spelled out]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/10/13/Screenshot-2025-01-10-at-12.16.22.jpg)
The Model Y is built in Tesla’s factory in Shanghai. China is the biggest market for the Model Y, which explains why the car has been revealed in China first. Codenamed Juniper, the new EV looks remarkably similar to our own rendering produced last year, showing a Tesla Cybertruck-inspired full-width slim light bar at the front of the car – similar to the recently revealed fully-autonomous Tesla Cybercab, too. The main headlights sit just below the light bar in a smoother front bumper that features a new camera for enhanced Autopilot functions that the new car is expected to bring – Tesla’s ‘full self-driving’ will be available where it’s legal to use.
![[The interior of the 2025 Tesla Model Y features upgraded materials, but the indicator and gear selector stalks have disappeared.]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/10/13/Screenshot-2025-01-10-at-12.16.41.jpg)
There’s a similar design story at the back of the new Model Y, with new C-shaped LED taillights that blend into a full-width light bar that uses reflective lighting and features the Tesla lettering set into it at the bottom. The Model Y name sits on the left of the boot door, with the dual motor badge – in the case of the car in the pictures – on the right hand side. The boot door can now open automatically as you approach the car, and there’s more luggage space inside, too: a total of 2,130 litres including the frunk under the front bonnet.
![[A new 8-inch touchscreen in the back of the 2025 Tesla Model Y allows back-seat passengers to play games]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/10/13/Screenshot-2025-01-10-at-12.15.13.jpg)
