#affordable-evs

#affordable-evs

Tesla has officially started deliveries of the affordable Model Y 'Standard' less than three weeks after the company launched it on October 8. Following the loss of the $7,500 electric vehicle tax credit, Tesla launched the Model 3 and Model Y 'Standard' trims, both coming in at sub-$40,000 starting prices, but being stripped of many of the features that come in the 'Premium' configuration levels.

As InsideEVs Germany learned at the show from presentations and VW engineers, the German company developed a brand-new electric drive unit dubbed the APP290, which will be used in all of the Volkswagen Group's Electric Urban Car Family models from brands like Skoda, Cupra and VW. The new motor, which was developed in-house, is a permanent-magnet drive unit that can output around 214 pound-feet (290 Newton-meters) of torque and up to 214 horsepower (160 kilowatts), the outlet says.