---
title: "Tesla Plans to Mass-Produce the Model Y SUV Next Year"
description: "In a new letter to company shareholders, Tesla announced that it plans to begin mass-producing the Model Y SUV by the end of 2020."
date: "2019-01-31"
modified: "2019-01-31"
authors:
  - name: "Dan Robitzski"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/danrobitzski"
url: "https://futurism.com/tesla-model-y-suv"
categories:
  - "Advanced Transport"
  - "Tesla"
tags:
  - "elon musk"
  - "tesla"
  - "transport"
---

# Tesla Plans to Mass-Produce the Model Y SUV Next Year

![In a new letter to company shareholders, Tesla announced that it plans to begin mass-producing the Model Y SUV by the end of 2020.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/tesla-model-y-suv.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: Tesla\</em\>*

## Round Five

Tesla is gearing up to mass-produce its fifth vehicle, an electric SUV called the "Model Y."

The carmaker sent a letter to shareholders on Wednesday saying Tesla would switch on the assembly line for the Model Y, which has been [in the works since 2015](<https://futurism.com/elon-musk-says-tesla-model-y-is-coming-to-market-sooner-than-expected>), before the end of 2020, [according to *TechCrunch*](<https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/30/teslas-model-y-is-coming-in-2020/>) — and it'll complete a cheeky joke hidden in the company's model identifiers.

## Learning Experience

In the letter, Tesla assured its investors that things would be different this time around. It predicted that it would cost less to manufacture the Model Y than it did the Model 3, which was [fraught with delays](<https://futurism.com/elon-musk-tesla-life-or-death>) due to [technical challenges](<https://futurism.com/tesla-dropped-full-self-driving-mode>) and difficulty scaling up production rates.

That's because much of the hardware from the Model 3 assembly lines can be repurposed to build Model Y vehicles — Tesla doesn't expect that it will have to start from scratch, *TechCrunch* reports.

## Spell It Out

Look, we know. Put the Roadster aside and you're left with Tesla models "S," "3," "X," and "Y."

Get your giggles out now — we're trying hard to focus more on the potential benefits of electric-powered SUVs. If Tesla meets its goals this time around, then all the people crowding the roads with needlessly-large vehicles will have one less excuse for holding onto their gas-guzzlers.

**READ MORE:** [Tesla says the Model Y is coming in 2020](<https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/30/teslas-model-y-is-coming-in-2020/>) \[*TechCrunch*\]

***More on Tesla: [More Bad News: Tesla Is About to Owe $920 Million in Debt](<https://futurism.com/tesla-920-million-debt>)***

## Author
Dan Robitzki is a senior reporter for Futurism, where he likes to cover AI, tech ethics, and medicine. He spends his extra time fencing and streaming games from Los Angeles, California.

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