Model Y
Standard RWD/AWD · Premium RWD/AWD · Performance · from $39,990
Recently updated, and carrying the best financing in the lineup.
UPDATE HISTORY
- Sep 2026APR raised again, 0.99% to 1.49% across RWD/AWD/Premium+33d
- Aug 20260% APR expires, replaced by 0.99% across RWD/AWD/Premium+57d
- Jun 202616 inch screen + interior update+241d
- Oct 2025Standard trim launches at $39,990+200d
- ~Mar 2025Standard Juniper trims arrive+70d
- The Juniper redesign landed in 2025 and the 16 inch screen update reached the whole Model Y line in June 2026, so the hardware is as current as it gets.
- 1.49% APR up to 72 months now runs across RWD, AWD, and Premium trims, raised from 0.99% on September 3, 2026. That is the second increase in about a month: the 0% promotion that ran through most of the summer expired August 1 and went to 0.99%, and now 0.99% has gone to 1.49%. On a $45,000 Model Y over 72 months the latest step adds roughly $11 to $12 a month, about $800 in extra interest over the loan. The direction has been one-way since July.
- On July 21, 2026 Tesla put 3.99% APR up to 72 months on the Performance, the last trim it had held at full price since February. It is the first reduced rate that trim has ever carried, and every Model Y trim now has a subsidized rate. Two outlets have reported it off the same Tesla marketing email, and no end date was attached.
- Nothing major is credibly rumored for the core Model Y itself; the changes on the horizon are new variants (cheaper Y L trims), not replacements.
Model 3
Standard · Premium RWD/AWD · Performance · from $36,990
Great car, great financing, but a screen and interior update is credibly leaked.
UPDATE HISTORY
- Oct 2025Standard trim launches at $36,990+532d
- Apr 2024Performance (Highland) launches+104d
- ~Jan 2024Highland redesign, US deliveries+2357d
- Jul 2017First deliveriesfirst
- Backend configurator code found in February 2026 points to the Model Y's 16 inch screen and a black headliner coming to the Model 3. The assets sat in the EU and Asia-Pacific configurators, and Giga Shanghai looks like the first factory to build them, so a US car is a further step out. Credible leak, not an announcement, and still no US date 5 months later.
- 1.99% APR now runs on Premium and Performance, up from 0.99% as of August 1, 2026 (Standard is excluded either way), so the financing side got a little more expensive alongside the rest of the lineup. The lease side got worse on July 21, 2026 too: Tesla raised Model 3 lease prices across the lineup by up to 15%. The RWD went from $329 to $379 per month, Premium RWD to $399, Premium AWD to $479, and Performance to $629.
- Tesla's pattern after the October 2025 Standard trims launch has been running changes, not model-year waits, so the update could land mid-cycle with little warning.
Model Y L
6-seat, long wheelbase, AWD · from $61,990 (Launch Series)
Launch Series pricing, and launch premiums have never survived.
First release, so there is no update history yet. Precedent: standard trims followed the Juniper Model Y Launch Series in 70 days.
- The US launch on July 2, 2026 opened with a loaded Launch Series at $61,990: a year each of FSD, Supercharging, and Premium Connectivity bundled in.
- The precedent is one-directional: the Juniper Model Y Launch Series went from $59,990 to $48,990 in 10 weeks, and Cybertruck Foundation trucks shed their premium within a year. Cheaper Y L trims are unannounced but heavily precedented.
- In the subscription-only FSD era, the bundle is worth roughly $1,500 to $2,500 in real value, so most of the premium is for getting the car early, not for extra equipment.
- Order today and the configurator shows delivery in October or November 2026, so the Launch Series premium no longer buys you the car early. That is 3 to 4 months out, which is inside the same window where cheaper trims have historically appeared.
- Cybertruck's $59,990 intro price really did expire and jump $10,000 though, and Tesla raised Model Y prices in May. Waiting is likely the better move, not a guarantee.
Cybertruck
Standard AWD · Premium AWD · Cyberbeast · from $74,990
Prices just went up $5,000 with no warning, and this is the third increase this year.
UPDATE HISTORY
- Aug 2026PCS warranty extended to 8yr/150k miles after reliability admission+3d
- ~Aug 2026Carbon fiber underbody panels replace aluminum (running change)+170d
- ~Feb 2026Lineup restructured, Standard AWD intro+306d
- ~Apr 2025Long Range RWD added+196d
- ~Oct 2024Foundation premium dropped+306d
- On August 24, 2026 Tesla raised prices again with no announcement: the Dual Motor AWD went from $69,990 to $74,990 and the Premium AWD from $79,990 to $84,990, both up $5,000. The Cyberbeast held at $99,990. No specs changed. The entry truck is now $15,000 above the $59,990 it briefly sold for in February.
- February 2026 restructured the whole lineup: Standard AWD launched at $59,990 for a 10-day window, then rose $10,000; the Cyberbeast was cut $15,000 to $99,990. With the August increase, prices here have now moved three times this year, every one of them up.
- The increase runs against demand, which is the part worth watching. Electrek reports production at under 10% of capacity with roughly 3,000 trucks in US inventory and annual sales under 20,000 against 250,000 units of capacity. Raising price into that is the opposite of the 2023 playbook, and Not a Tesla App notes Tesla raised Model S and Model X prices shortly before discontinuing both. That is a pattern observation, not evidence of a decision, and Tesla has said nothing.
- An EPA certification filing points to a rear-wheel drive Cybertruck around 335 miles, which would become the cheapest truck. Single-sourced leak: treat it as a maybe.
- Leases from $949/mo and standard financing are live, but the Cybertruck has never carried the 0% treatment the Model Y gets.
- On August 7, 2026 Tesla admitted the power conversion system (PCS) in 2024 and 2025 trucks does not meet its reliability standards and extended that part's warranty from 4 years/50,000 miles to 8 years/150,000 miles. An owner poll found roughly 41% of surveyed trucks needed a PCS replacement, with out-of-warranty repairs running $5,000 to $7,200; Tesla is reimbursing owners who already paid. New 2026 builds get a redesigned part under a shorter 7 year/70,000 mile warranty. One less reliability risk for a new buyer to weigh.
PATTERNS
How Tesla actually behaves
Quarter-end is when deals appear
Tesla writes its offers to expire on quarter boundaries: March 31, June 30, September 30, December 31. The best documented windows (the first unconditional 0% APR, December 8 to 31, 2025; the current 0% window ending September 30, 2026) all follow the shape. If you are within 6 weeks of a quarter-end, waiting for it has historically cost nothing and often paid.
Launch premiums erode in 1 to 2 quarters
Foundation Series Cybertrucks lost their $20,000 premium within about 11 months and gained free lifetime Supercharging on inventory units. The Juniper Model Y Launch Series dropped $11,000 in 10 weeks. Buying the first release of any Tesla variant means paying extra to get it early, and the discount arrives on a schedule you can roughly predict.
Late 2025 changed the playbook: hikes are back, leverage moved to financing
The 2023 era of headline price cuts is over. Since October 2025, list prices have gone up (S/X +$5,000 before discontinuation, Model Y +$1,000 in May 2026, Cybertruck +$10,000 after its intro window). Buyer leverage now shows up as APR windows, lease pricing, and decontented trims. And when Tesla says a deal is expiring, an equal or better one has almost always followed; the deadlines that actually held were structural: the tax credit's death, FSD purchase ending, and intro-price windows.
HISTORY
Every move that matters, 2019 to today
- 2026-09-03
Tesla raises the Model Y promotional APR from 0.99% to 1.49% on the RWD, AWD, and Premium trims. The Performance trim stays at 3.99%. It is the second increase in about a month on a rate that was 0% through most of the summer, and it adds roughly $800 in interest over a 72 month loan on a $45,000 car. Financing leverage is moving away from the buyer, not toward the usual quarter-end window.
- 2026-08-24
Tesla quietly raises US Cybertruck prices with no announcement. The Dual Motor AWD goes from $69,990 to $74,990 and the Premium AWD from $79,990 to $84,990, both up $5,000. The Cyberbeast stays at $99,990 and no specs change. It is the first increase the Premium AWD has taken since it launched almost 2 years ago, and it puts the entry truck $15,000 above the $59,990 of February's 10-day window.
- 2026-08-08
California's MyFirstEV rebate program launches August 3 with $3,500 at the point of sale for first-time EV buyers on cars under $50,000. Tesla, as the state's EV volume leader, claims roughly half its allocation in the first 3 days and burns through the rest by August 8, exhausting its full share in 5 days. Other automakers may still have funds; Tesla buyers no longer qualify.
- 2026-08-07
Tesla admits the power conversion system in 2024 and 2025 Cybertrucks does not meet its reliability standards and extends the warranty on that part from 4 years/50,000 miles to 8 years/150,000 miles. An owner poll found roughly 41% of surveyed trucks needed a PCS replacement, with out-of-warranty repairs running $5,000 to $7,200. Tesla is reimbursing owners who already paid, and new 2026 builds get a redesigned part under a shorter 7 year/70,000 mile warranty.
- 2026-08-01
Tesla lets the 0% APR Model Y deal expire, moving the RWD, AWD, and Premium trims to 0.99%. Model 3 Premium and Performance APR rises from 0.99% to 1.99% the same day. Tesla is no longer subsidizing financing as heavily now that deliveries are running high and capital is shifting toward AI, Robotaxi, and Optimus investment.
- 2026-08-04
Tesla swaps the Cybertruck's stamped aluminum underbody panels for carbon fiber composite trays as a running production change, confirmed by lead Cybertruck engineer Wes Morrill. Lighter, cheaper to produce at scale, and more impact resistant. No price change.
- 2026-07-21
Tesla raises Model 3 lease prices across the US lineup by up to 15%. The RWD goes from $329 to $379 per month, Premium RWD to $399, Premium AWD to $479, and Performance to $629. The base Model 3 lease has now climbed about $80 per month since April.
- 2026-07-21
Tesla extends 3.99% APR up to 72 months to the Model Y Performance, the one trim left at full price since February, and the first reduced rate that trim has ever carried. Reported from a Tesla marketing email, with no end date given.
- 2026-07-13
California's MyFirstEV rebate is signed into law: $3,500 off a new EV under $50,000 and $1,750 off a used EV under $25,000, paid at the point of sale to first-time EV buyers. The Model 3 and the cheaper Model Y trims qualify; Cybertruck, Model S, and Model X are over the cap. The program goes live later this summer.
- 2026-07-11
Model Y L delivery estimates on Tesla's configurator slip to October and November 2026. Ordering the Launch Series now stops meaning you get the car early.
- 2026-07-02
Model Y L launches in the US: Launch Series at $61,990 with a year each of FSD, Supercharging, and Premium Connectivity.
- 2026-06-05
16 inch screen and interior update reaches the whole Model Y lineup.
- 2026-05-18
Model Y prices raised $1,000 across Standard and Premium trims. First Model Y price increase of the post-refresh era.
- 2026-03-31
FSD transfers end for good. Referral loyalty discount halved to $500; buyer benefit stays at 3 months of FSD.
- 2026-02-24
Backend configurator code shows the 16 inch QHD screen and a black headliner listed for the Model 3. The assets appear in the EU and Asia-Pacific configurators, pointing to Giga Shanghai building them first.
- 2026-02-17
0% APR expands across more Model Y trims for a 2-day flash window, then settles into the standing offer structure.
- 2026-02-14
Tesla ends outright FSD purchases. Subscription-only at $99/mo from here.
- 2026-02
Cybertruck lineup restructured: Standard AWD intro at $59,990 for 10 days, then +$10,000; Cyberbeast cut $15,000 to $99,990.
- 2026-01-28
Model S and X discontinuation announced with a 350-unit Signature Series at $159,420. Production ended in Q2.
- 2025-12-08
First unconditional 0% APR in Tesla history, December 8 to 31. The quarter-end pattern at maximum strength.
- 2025-10-07
Standard trims launch: Model 3 Standard $36,990, Model Y Standard $39,990. Decontenting as the new affordability play.
- 2025-09-30
The $7,500 new-EV and $4,000 used-EV federal tax credits expire. The IRS honors binding contracts signed before the deadline. The single most important structural deadline in the tracker's history: it held.
- 2025-07
0% APR appears gated on buying FSD outright; the offer stack gets complicated in the credit's final quarter.
- 2025-05-02
1.99% APR on the new Model Y through June 16, weeks after the Juniper Launch Series buyers financed at 5.49%.
- 2025-04
Cybertruck Long Range RWD appears at $69,990, then exits the lineup by September with no announcement.
- 2025-01
Juniper Model Y launches as a $59,990 Launch Series; standard trims follow within 10 weeks at $48,990.
- 2024-05-10
First-ever Tesla APR promo: 0.99% on Model Y, May 10 to 31. The financing-as-leverage era begins.
- 2023
The price war year: cuts averaging around 25% across the lineup, January's cuts alone reshaping the used market for two years.
- 2022-12
First-ever direct discounts on new inventory ($3,750, then $7,500) as demand softens post-hike era.
- 2021-2022
The hike era: repeated increases across every model as backlogs stretch, peaking with a $67,000+ Long Range Model Y.
- 2019-2020
The $35,000 Model 3 briefly exists (off-menu), the federal credit phases out for Tesla, and the $69,420 Model S stunt price happens.
In no way is this a guarantee. Tesla is always running different deals and experimenting with pricing, and they can change any of this without notice. This page is a best estimate based on Tesla's documented history, updated daily. Verify current prices and offers on tesla.com before ordering.