Tesla readies export of bestselling Model Y SUV to Canada from China, source says
- A new cheaper, version of the Model Y, Tesla’s bestselling model globally, will be exported from the carmaker’s Shanghai factory
- Customers in Canada will be able to take delivery of the new version of the Model Y between May and July, according to Tesla’s website

The move would connect Tesla’s biggest and most cost-efficient factory in the world to North America, its largest market. The Model Y is the electric vehicle (EV) maker’s bestselling model globally.
Over the weekend, Tesla posted on its website that it would offer a new, cheaper version of its Model Y in Canada, a rear-wheel drive variant of the SUV-styled crossover priced C$10,000 ($7,377.90) lower than the long-range version of the vehicle available in that market.
Tesla’s website showed that customers in Canada could take delivery of the new version of the Model Y between May and July.

The Canadian government’s website was updated on Friday to show that the new version of the Model Y and the more expensive long-range variant both qualify for incentives of C$5,000 on purchase or a four-year lease.