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Tesla triples Model Y delivery times if you don’t add this option

by Scooter Doll

A recent update to Tesla’s website configurator reveals that it is prioritizing reservations that include the $12,000 full self-driving (FSD) option, at least for the Model Y and Model 3.

For reservations of the Tesla Model Y in particular, delivery estimates change from six months from today (September), to two months (May), simply by choosing the FSD add-on.

Having first begun deliveries two years ago, the Tesla Model Y remains the American automaker’s most recent model to reach production.

Since then, it has become a pivotal EV in helping the company gain an even larger global market share, especially now that it has debuted in additional markets like the UK.

With recent environmental approvals at the new Gigafactory Berlin, Tesla is sure to increase its EV output tenfold, already promising deliveries of German-built Model Ys in less than two weeks.

Such a high rate of production to keep up with an ever-soaring demand does come at a cost, however.

A cost that continues to increase given constraints to supply chains and battery materials like nickel.

Just last week, we saw some of the repercussions for consumers as a result of these global economic hindrances, when Tesla raised prices of the long-range versions of its Model Y and Model 3 EVs.

Learn more about Tesla's decision to delay new orders without the FSD option and read Electrek's take at Electrek.co.