Wednesday 15 January 2025 17:48 GMT Comments The Independent's Electric Vehicles Channel is sponsored by E.ON Next. Tesla is fighting back against sliding sales with an all-new 2025 Tesla Model Y, which has been revealed in full on Tesla’s websites in China and Australia. It puts to an end months of rumours and speculation about the replacement for what was the world’s best-selling car in 2023 and the UK’s best-selling electric car in 2024. The latest news coming out of Germany is that production has started at Tesla’s Gigafactory in Berlin, meaning European cars are likely to be on sale very soon, with US production following afterwards. Right-hand drive Model Ys are expected to come from China, with production already well underway at Tesla’s plant in Shanghai making right-hand drive cars for the Australian market. Design of the new Tesla Model Y Codenamed Juniper, the new EV looks remarkably similar to our own rendering produced late last year, showing a Tesla Cybertruck-inspired full-width slim LED light bar at the front of the car that also looks 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’s more aerodynamic and 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. open image in gallery The rear of the new 2025 Tesla Model Y features a full-width light bar using reflective light, plus the Tesla name spelled out (Tesla) 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. The profile of the car is very similar to the current model, complete with the camera housing that sits in a design feature on the flank behind the front wheels. There’s still the trademark Tesla deep front windscreen that flows into a full-length glass panoramic roof. There are new, more aerodynamic wheels, too, while the length of the car has increased slightly to boost aerodynamics and efficiency. Five colours are available, including the new glacier blue but also stealth grey, pearl white, quicksilver and the ultra red in our pictures. Inside the new Model Y The look of the cabin remains pretty much the same as in the outgoing car – and the Tesla Model 3 that was heavily revised at the start of 2024. However, while the Model 3 lost both stalks behind the steering wheel, only one of the stalks behind the new Model Y’s steering wheel is missing. Tesla appears to have listened to feedback from Model 3 owners who’ve found it difficult using buttons on the steering wheel rather than a traditional stalk to select the indicators. Pictures of right-hand drive Model Ys on the Tesla Australia website show a traditional indicator stalk on the left-hand side of the steering wheel although the stalk for gear selection and autopilot on the right of the wheel in the old Model Y has gone. The controls for both of those functions have moved to the touchscreen. The steering wheel is also new on the Model Y, the new SUV using the same style of steering wheel as the new Model 3. Get your EV tariff and charger in one place. Find out more