Sasha Lekach Sasha is a news writer at Mashable's San Francisco office. She's an SF native who went to UC Davis and later received her master's from the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. She's been reporting out of her hometown over the years at Bay City News (news wire), SFGate (the San Francisco Chronicle website), and even made it out of California to write for the Chicago Tribune. She's been described as a bookworm and a gym rat. Share on Flipboard Tesla's Model Y is currently the hot electric compact SUV. But Ford, Nissan, Mercedes, and other automotive giants are coming for the crossover crown. The latest challenger: Cadillac's first electric vehicle, the Lyriq. The Tesla Model Y is unveiled at Tesla's design studio, in Hawthorne, Calif. Credit: Jae C Hong/AP/Shutterstock The Model Y is basically the SUV version of Tesla's "budget" Model 3 and is already super popular. It's about $50,000, which is roughly the average price of a non-electric small, luxury SUV. In a recent Piplsay poll of more than 30,400 adults, almost a third of them said their next car will be an SUV. So it's no surprise that electric crossovers are popping up everywhere. Here is a list of Model Y competitors coming in the next two years. You May Also Like