Continuing its activities with the Model Y vehicle in Turkey Tesla, quietly changed the technical specifications of its models in the US. Changes made to the company’s official website with their estimated range It was relevant.

The change was first spotted by Electrek. Accordingly, the Elon Musk-led automaker announced that Model Y vehicles would be available their reach reduced.

The range of the Longe Range and Performance versions was reduced by approximately 6%, and changes were also seen in other Tesla models.

For example, the range of the Model Y is Long Range version 330 miles (about 531 km) to 310 miles (498 km) was dropped. In the performance version 303 miles (487 km) to 285 miles (458 km) downloaded. There was no change in the Rear Drive version, the cheapest version. Downgrades for long distance and performance 6% It happened around. In addition, the company has also added two new color options to its website.

On the other hand, information from The Verge shows that not only Model Y, Other vehicles also suffer from this revealed. Accordingly, the company Model S and Model It has also made minor changes to its range.

While there is no official explanation as to why the ranges were reduced, there are some guesses.

First Only cars in the US are affected let’s point it out. In other markets, including Türkiye, there is no such change. The company did not provide an explanation as to why it changed its estimated margins.

However, according to Drive Tesla, there may be several reasons for this. The first of these is that it increases energy consumption. comfort and functionality improvements. The second is the testing of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which is responsible for the efficiency and range of vehicles in the US. The implementation of the updated test requirements will therefore cause a slight decrease in range. to decrease could have caused this. Naturally these are all claims and it is unclear whether it is real or not.

It should also be noted that Tesla has been under criticism for a long time because of its range. EPA, Musk says he’s ‘exaggerating’ the range of his vehicles he was saying. For this reason, the company has been on the agenda for years with the claim that the ranges are higher than normal. In October, US officials even launched an investigation into the matter. We don’t know if today’s range changes are related to this.