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In the domestic market, the official launch of a new model often makes consumers opt for a higher configuration on the grounds that they "need to book a car". Recently, Tesla made the same move, stopping the ordering of the minimum version of the Model Y model, meaning that consumers can only choose higher-configuration models.

According to foreign media reports, Tesla has recently stopped orders for the lowest-priced version of the electric SUV Model Y in the United States, and has removed the configuration tools for this version of the model from the official website. After removing this version of the model, Tesla all-wheel drive long-range version and high-performance version.

Meanwhile, the long-haul Model Y was downgraded by $1000 to $48990, while the high-performance version remained at $60990. As the minimum version of the Model Y model is discontinued, it means that the long range of the Model Y has become the entry-level version of the model.

It is worth mentioning that the previous basic rear-drive version of Model Y went on sale in the United States for just over a month, and the price of the version was reduced by $2000 to $39990 just a month after its launch. Unexpectedly, a few days later, Tesla stopped selling. It is reported that the car's EPA mileage is 244miles (about 392.68 km).

It is understood that in addition to the cancellation of the rear-drive quasi-continuous version of Model Y on the US official website, Tesla's Canadian official website has also cancelled this model, which means that Canadian consumers will not be able to buy the Model Y with this configuration.

According to previous orders, after Tesla launched the standard afterdrive version of Model Y, this model has become the most popular model for US consumers, with a lower starting price, also helped Tesla bring a large number of orders, but now, with the suspension of this model, consumers can only choose the $48990 all-wheel drive long-range version if they want to buy the Model Y model at the lowest price, the gap between the two is close to $10, 000. As for whether Tesla will put this model back on the shelves, it is not known.

Although officials did not give specific reasons for why the sale of the model was suddenly stopped. However, Elon Musk, chief executive of Tesla, has said that Tesla will not produce such a version of the Model Y car. He said the mileage range of less than 250 miles was "unacceptably low". Therefore, this suspension may have something to do with this explanation.

Generally speaking, when many car companies launch a new model, they will provide an entry-level, low-configuration model, in order to lower the starting price of the model and realize the price comparison between consumers and competitive models. but for this model manufacturers often use "out of stock", "booking for a long time" and other ways to let consumers choose higher configuration models, in order to achieve higher profits. Therefore, from the point of view of Tesla's move, it may be similar to such measures as car companies, in order to increase operating profits, when the attention of the model market is increased, and then cut down the lowest-priced models, allowing consumers to choose models with higher prices and configurations, so as to achieve higher profits.

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