2/28/2024 0 Comments 2021 tesla model y long range 0 60Home charging: As the category with the single highest points potential, home charging is where we give points to the EV that makes the most of charging where owners will do the bulk of it: at home. Plus, it’s more ergonomically comfortable for front and rear occupants. The Model Y still has undeniable strengths, however, including its home-charging speed potential and sporty driving feel. In this comparison, the Model Y came up short in our fast-charger testing, didn’t show a large advantage in our highway efficiency test, and its maximum predicted range (based on consumption and not the EPA rating display on the home screen) wasn’t hugely different from the EV6. Things that remain polarizing are its large touchscreen as the main interface, ride quality and its lack of a driver-focused instrument panel. Its promise of updatability was key, too, as Tesla’s over-the-air updates can significantly change how the car operates - for better and (as we’ve discovered as owners) for worse. We bought a Model Y in 2021 for its merits of long-rated range, high efficiency and top home and fast-charging abilities. EPA-rated efficiency (mpg-equivalent): 125.Quarter-mile acceleration: 12.77 seconds at 114.35 mph.As-tested price: $72,440, if bought today (including $1,200 destination and $250 ordering fee).The verdict: The Model Y didn’t shine in our EV-specific testing as brightly as the specifications suggest it should have, and it tanked one test, but the Model Y remains a clear winner in other areas. Let’s look at the areas where we saw the most noticeable differences - and surprises. The results were closer than we expected. Being an EV test, categories with the most significance included home- and fast-charging speed, driving efficiency and range accuracy, accounting for a third of overall points. We also drove them on a small handling course to experience their handling dynamics and on street-driving loops. We took the EVs on a 215-mile highway route to measure efficiency and to the drag strip to measure acceleration. To find out, we spent a week testing both in a head-to-head comparison judging home and fast charging, efficiency, acceleration, handling, ride, comfort, cargo and more. That got us wondering: Is the Tesla Model Y a roughly $16,000-better EV than the Kia EV6? But if you ordered our Model Y now, that same SUV would cost nearly $73,000 because of substantial price hikes in only a year. It’s a high-riding hatchback with available all-wheel drive, 274 miles of EPA-rated range (as we tested it) and DC fast-charging claims of 10%-80% battery capacity in 18 minutes - all compelling specifications against a Model Y.Īn EV6’s price is also more Tesla-like than you’d think: A top-of-the-line GT-Line trim level is around $57,000 (including destination), which isn’t far off of the $60,290 we paid for our Model Y Long Range AWD (326 miles of rated range) in mid-2021. But the all-new EV6 is a modern, long-range EV with the distinctive design, innovation and value we’ve come to expect from contemporary Kias. Kia may not have the EV cultural panache of Tesla, but it’s no stranger to electric cars, having sold limited-availability EVs since around 2014 with the Soul EV and, later, the Niro EV. The Tesla Model Y has undoubtedly been the standard by which we judge electric SUVs since its launch and is one of the most popular EVs being sold. No longer a science experiment for niche shoppers, electric vehicles are readily available in the popular body style today’s consumers want: SUVs.
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