---
title: "Elon Musk Says Tesla Model Y is Coming to Market Sooner Than Expected"
description: "Tesla needs the Model Y to be produced more quickly and easily, because it's going to help them reach the 1 million cars delivered by 2020 goal."
date: "2017-08-03"
modified: "2017-08-03"
authors:
  - name: "Karla Lant"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/karla"
url: "https://futurism.com/elon-musk-says-tesla-model-y-is-coming-to-market-sooner-than-expected"
categories:
  - "Advanced Transport"
  - "Elon Musk"
  - "Future Society"
  - "Tesla"
  - "The Industrialists"
tags:
  - "earnings call"
  - "elon musk"
  - "model y"
  - "tesla"
---

# Elon Musk Says Tesla Model Y is Coming to Market Sooner Than Expected

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On an August 2 earnings call, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said efforts to bring the forthcoming Model Y electric crossover vehicle to market sooner rather than later are underway. Part of those efforts include building the Model Y on a similar architecture as the new Model 3.

“Upon the council of my executive team to reel me back from the cliffs of insanity, the Model Y will, in fact, be using substantial carry over from Model 3 in order to bring it to market faster,” Musk said, [according to ](<https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/2/16087444/tesla-model-y-vehicle-architecture-model-3-elon-musk>)*[The Verge.](<https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/2/16087444/tesla-model-y-vehicle-architecture-model-3-elon-musk>)*

Musk may still ditch the 12-volt battery architecture used in other Teslas to reduce the wiring requirements and pare down the production process. The Model Y is also likely to share certain features with other models, such as the falcon-wing doors of the Model X. However, the single vehicle architecture shared with the Model 3 will mean more automation, a simplified process, and lower costs.

Tesla needs the Model Y to be produced more quickly and easily if it wants to meet its 1 million cars delivered by 2020 goal. Previously, Musk said the Model Y wouldn't be in production until late 2019 or early 2020 — so this development indicates the cars could go into production sooner.

In Q2, Tesla delivered 22,026 Model S and Model X vehicles, bringing the 2017 total to [47,077 so far](<http://files.shareholder.com/downloads/ABEA-4CW8X0/4921523834x0x952053/F302D22F-FC9B-41A3-9534-60D0032673CC/TSLA_Update_Letter_2017-2Q.pdf>).

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