Delivery & First Impressions of the Tesla Model Y

[@Model3P]

This is the type of video that gets people excited to buy a tesla. Thank you for making it. I was actually watching this in my model 3LR. Congratulations on the new car

[@michaelfinn1803]

Congratulations ...have fun and be safe in that snow

[@electricandlspower]

Congratulations. Happy to see the new ride. Enjoy.

[@GMD64]

The genuine smile on your face tells the whole story, especially from someone who has had multiple electric cars, you can tell during the first few moments where she is going over the app functions you're already thrilled! :)

[@josephk.1842]

Awesome. Hope you enjoy.

[@bensontek]

Super happy for ya. Looks like you got a winner.

[@kathrynmoll86]

Thank you for posting your delivery with a close-up window on your iPhone! Very cool! This is the first I've seen of someone actually showing how it goes (depending) the moment you walk in to "Accept Delivery"! Congratulations! 👏🏼

[@berthogendoorn2133]

Hi Alex, I did not update you, got rid of my 2023 Ioniq 5 Long Range AWD limited, on the 6th service visit (to a completely new dealer service center) they figured out it was a bent pin that kept blowing the Temperature sensor Module for the CCS socket, unloaded it once it was fixed did not lose any money (other than all the ferry trips at about $100 a crack) but did buy a 2023 Model Y Long Range AWD one of the last from Fremont as in Canada they are now all from China. My delivery was stellar not one issue with the car super clean not like the dirty Ioniq 5. The Tesla delivery centre even had the car in Dog Mode to keep climate on as we were early to delivery, super praise to Tesla Vancouver for such a great delivery experience. The car has been fault free with over 4 long distance road trips including pulling a tent trailer. Must say the comfort suspension is not that far off the really nice suspension on the Ioniq 5 but do not miss the CCS charging hassles, what a great car Tesla! Right after I took delivery though (being Fast DC charging gun shy) we drove it 300km and did one fast charge at a version 3, as usual Tesla just delivers!

[@alexkno11]

Thanks for sharing your experience! It's cool to hear what it's like in Canada.

[@thenetworkarchitectchannel]

Two suggestions: Chill Mode. I found the acceleration a bit too much. Second, when wanting to take out the J1772, lean in from the driver's side, press the unlock button on the console and then pull it out. Most instructions say to pull out while holding it close, but I find it best to leave the adapter locked in place and unlock from the center console. Anyway, Enjoy!!!! Exciting!!! thx for sharing the expirence.

[@alexkno11]

Thanks for the tips! I've gotten into the habit of unlocking the J1772 adapter from the center console too. Once I accidentally left the adapter in the port and the door partially closed on it... that was a stressful experience, trying to coax the door back open manually. Learned a lesson there!

[@johnd9031]

Congrats. Good looking delivery center.

[@alejandromateojimenez2139]

Congratulations Alex! I should have received my MY one week ago but the roof glass was cracked and I am waiting for them to replace it so I can pick it up 😢. I hope you enjoy your new Tesla! Best regards from Spain.

[@umairs02]

Ah I remember commenting on your video for ordering your tesla, nice to see you got yours, I'm getting mine on monday and honestly these few days before delivery make it seem like a whole year has gone by

[@alexkno11]

I know! It's worth the wait though. Enjoy yours, you'll love it!

[@umairs02]

@@alexkno11thank you, currently on the way to pick it up right now ☺️

[@aaronknoll8508]

Hell yeah! Nice production and B-roll 😉

[@alexkno11]

Shout out to my camera man 🙌 Thanks bro!

[@ve3thw]

Okay, you're getting me SUPER excited now... I'm picking up my Y up here in Toronto Canada this coming Wednesday!!! It's the Midnight Silver Metallic with white interior and 7 seats (I plan to just leave them folded down for the most part, anticipating higher resale value in the future). Congratulations Alex!

[@ZKTheGreat]

Just ordered mine!

[@cbnchbak.6258]

My 2023 YLR was flawless as well and I my car came with a BONUS "Parking Sensors".

[@tonywang316]

How cool! When was it built? And Fremont or Austin?

[@alexkno11]

Cool! I don't see any parking sensors on mine, but I never really relied on them on my other cars anyways.

[@EspenJohan]

The car is amazing, I got mine 2 days ago. Just awesome, you got a new subscriber from Norway

[@pjprachyabrued]

Congrats man!

[@90Drock]

Very Happy for you. Hope you do more videos on your car and accessories. I have an MYLR MSM 19" No options on order.

[@PaulCarlsonXC]

Congrats Alex !

[@zaidpatel8695]

I got my MY delivery on 31st march. Best car buying experience I have ever had.

[@alexkno11]

It was so smooth! In and out in less than 30 minutes

[@rogackithornton5120]

Congratulations 🎉

[@OldManse09]

Wow. I like the personal service. We were asked if we had the check and then told it was parked on the side of the building. Maybe that was because we were in New Jersey.

[@jayt1402]

😂

[@somberjack]

Haha. I picked up mine 2 weeks ago and had the same experience... Also in NJ!

[@ivanisization]

Thanks for the video, picking mine up in 2 weeks :-) super exited, never had an electric car so it’s gonna be a blast. Congrats 🎉

[@robertstephens2727]

Congratulations on your car.

[@ur_really_salty]

Were you able to inspect the car for panel gaps and other stuff before taking delivery of the vehicle I’m saving up for a Tesla now I’m really looking into a 2016 model S P100D but will see hope you enjoy your Tesla

[@mattscinto]

Welcome to the Tesla family!!!

[@GregySVK]

Congratulations! Enjoy your new car!

[@MM-bw1lo]

Car looks great but you should have sprang for some induction rims. Your brother is wrong, I've never heard anybody say the car fell apart after ownership, had to chuckle on that one. Color is nice too

[@davidhonfr]

👏Congratulations Alex. It’s snowing. Be carefully !

[@PH-tv2sw]

When we pickup our MY in Washington state none of the cars had mud flaps or PPF two weeks ago. My other MYP from June 2022 had both mud flaps and PPF.

[@alexkno11]

Interesting! It was a nice surprise to see it included on my car. I had no idea it was until someone on KZbin commented and told me to look out for it.

[@Avonnieuwland]

Congrats 🎉

[@Gremlin256]

Would recommend a Spigen Screen protector.. Very easy to install...

[@coreyverisario6570]

In future you should drain the battery much more before supercharging. It makes it charge faster at lower percent. But congrats! After two years with mine I'm super happy with it still. Road trips are different but a good different. You will love it! Edit- there is no break in periods for am electric car. Go floor it. You will love that as well!

[@toddthomason3412]

what is everyone paying at home for their electric bill monthly with a Tesla Y? Our deliver date is set for the 10th of March. Ordered the car 2nd week of Feb.

[@msbgone]

Awesome, congrats! Why 12A to charge it? What does that help? How was the suspension and overall drive on snow?

[@alexkno11]

Just trying to charge it slower (extends battery longetivity) since I don't need it right away in the morning. Going to be a little too particular about babying it for the first few months 😅

[@Kev376]

@@alexkno11 to a tesla model y with a 75 khw battery, 32 amps is already a trickle charge for it, i mean the tesla wall charger is 48 amps, and the supercharger is an ungodly amount of power, but don't forget watt's are the real thing were looking at.

[@GregSmily]

Congrats, it's a beautiful car.

[@pharmasas]

You are an Engineer and a very busy person, still you should post your videos more often.

[@alexkno11]

Thanks for the encouragement, I'll try to get my next video up soon!

[@dubKK]

Congratulations on the car. Do you remember how much battery it was delivered with?

[@alexkno11]

It had a 60% SOC when I took delivery.

[@Kev376]

Might wanna set our charge percent to 70-85, then goto your app -> schedule -> enable scheduled charging -> start charging at (whatever your off peak hours are). If you already haven't done those two things.

[@alexkno11]

Thanks for the tip! I don't have TOU pricing at my home, but I usually try to plug in at night when demand is low anyways.

[@Kev376]

​@@alexkno11 For sure may want to also call your power provider and see if they have an EV rate plan but you already sound like you know your stuff.

[@UmaKancharapu]

Congratulations 🎉🎉. Thanks much for sharing your delivery experience here. When did you place your order? I'm still waiting for mine that was placed on 01/17 and I'm from Minnesota too. Also, did your Tesla come with Matrix LED headlights?

[@alexkno11]

I placed my order on 1/14, and yes, it did come with Matrix LEDs. Good luck with delivery!

[@UmaKancharapu]

@@alexkno11 that's great. Looks like for the orders from 01/17 onwards the deliveries will be in April-May. Did you ask them to do paint protection film before the delivery? What all accessories did the Eden prairie Tesla give you? Mud flaps etc?

[@alexkno11]

I didn't ask, no. The car just came with PPF on the front bumper and sides along with mud flaps. I'm assuming yours will too. The J1772 adapter and front license plate holder also came with the vehicle, though I'll have to install the license plate holder myself.

[@UmaKancharapu]

@@alexkno11 Great. Thank you.

[@kongchen3122]

Amazing

[@berthogendoorn2133]

I am thourghly jealous, Tesla may or may not have body gap issues or some interior trim issues but at least it all works and even if there are issues, they have the tech support and training that is top notch! I on the other hand have had my 2023 Ioniq 5 AWD limited equavalent delivered back in late Oct 2022 that still has no DC Fast charging. I finally got a 2022 RED long range SE equavalent loaner, and no update yet on when and if they can repair the most critical thing that I bought this car for, long distant road trips. This is my third Kia / Hyundai EV, 2019 Soul EV was traded on this and we still have the 2020 Soul EV for runabouts. Not happy and likly I'll dump this Ioniq 5 for a 2024 Tesla model Y long Range with the new hardware 4 / radar equipped model. Hyundai have no clue how to service high tech issues with their own Evs.

[@alexkno11]

Sorry to hear about your woes with the Ioniq 5. That'd be such a great road-tripper with the 800V architecture. But, it's only as good as the DC Fast charger and charging network. Tesla just can't be beat right now on the fast charging experience at their superchargers. Best of luck!

[@matthewhatt6732]

We got the exact same model and config. I'm curious, how did you order your's with mud flups and ppf? I had to order my mud flaps and installed them myself (not very hard) but I didn't see this as an option in the configuration tool.

[@alexkno11]

Someone commented on a previous vid and said that PPF and mud flaps come standard on cars delivered in Minnesota! Which is super nice given the crud they put on the roads in the winter. Curious if it's the same in your state?

[@matthewhatt6732]

@@alexkno11 Ah that makes sense. I'm in Arizona so no snow or salt lol. Still lots of rocks and dirt roads though which the main reason I wanted them.

[@SidVidZid]

I read somewhere that colder states with snow they include it.

[@knutdraeger3035]

Have fun😊😊

[@harrychu650]

Welcome to the family. Now buy a few shares of the stock like everyone else does.

[@alexkno11]

Already have some but I'll consider buying more 😉

[@harrychu650]

@@alexkno11 Well there is no going back now. 😅

[@ethandong1313]

What kind of charge level in the car when you take the delivery? I need go on a road trip right away after pick up.

[@alexkno11]

It had a 60% SOC when I took delivery.

[@MK-tk8tb]

Kinda reminds me of the Ford Pinto wagon.

[@Sawrub]

how was the car on bumps and ditches? the ones i drove are pretty uncomfortable and bumpy is the new suspension really good? do you feel the bumps , is it smooth or rough?

[@alexkno11]

It's still pretty firm, but it's not jarring by any means. There are some bumps I definitely notice, but others that seem to have been absorbed well by the suspension. Unfortunately I don't have a lot of experience with earlier Model Y's to compare against, but to me, the suspension seems "firm yet forgiving".

[@robfisher3790]

Awesome, dude! Was that a v2 (150kW) supercharger or a v3 (250kW) supercharger? I've noticed some of the older v2's don't do as well in the cold.

[@alexkno11]

I think it was a V3. Not sure why my charging rate was slow there; it was cold and I didn't navigate to it, so it could have been because the battery was cold. Charged up yesterday in the cold at a V2 and pulled 140kW no problem. Crazy how fast this charges compared to my Bolt.

[@robfisher3790]

@Alex Knoll Oh yeah, that's it. Gotta get the battery heated and set as a destination to get full draw. Congrats again

[@regmatt]

congrats on ur car i took m3 2023 now keep in mind tesla is yet to update those tesla vision so there are no sensors only radar , hoping it hear it march 1st. investor where elon will reveal hardware 4 and project highland and those vision updates i think ..

[@peterxiong669]

Where was your model Y built from? Fremont or Austin?

[@peterxiong669]

Congrats btw!

[@alexkno11]

Fremont! Build quality is excellent.

[@АлексейЗагородний-п8з]

Поздравляю и привет из Беларуси!

[@pinlinlin747]

Wait you got that vent button?!!

[@alexkno11]

On the app? Not sure what you mean.

[@pinlinlin747]

@@alexkno11 Yeah, on the app. I think it is inside the Climate

[@davebryer6133]

I wonder if your first charge rate would have been faster if the battery had been preconditioned.

[@alexkno11]

I think you're right! I wasn't in a hurry anyways.

[@tattooedyogi]

why bother lowering the amp of the charge. Better to leave at 32amp, and schedule a departure time for the morning. That way the car will take a shorter time to charge, and charge faster. Slower charge is less efficient.

[@alexkno11]

It'd be an interesting experiment to answer what's more efficient. Lower current has less loss in the wire due to resistance (increases with the square of current) but the ancillary systems like battery conditioning probably run harder when charging. Ideally, I'd optimize my charge rate based on departure time and grid pricing via a service like OptiWatt, but I haven't checked that out yet

[@tattooedyogi]

@@alexkno11 I beleive its been proven that higher amp is higher effeciency (in level 2 charging, vs level 1, which is essentially what your doing by lowering the amperage. Not like DCFC where there is a lot of loss due to heat. Yes if you have rates based on time of day, then definitely charge at the cheaper time of day. I wouldn't bother with optiwatt, Just know when your cheaper time ends have charging scheduled to finish before that time (do this in the Tesla App).

[@hockeyman3434]

Great

[@PilotVBall]

Check the rear lights. The light by the charge port usually sticks out of frame by almost a half in in some model Ys. Possible water intrusion point. Tesla still can't build quality.

[@stuckinchaselandia6427]

Teslas don't have that new car smell....it's more of a musk.

[@alexkno11]

Ha ha ha... 😅

[@pharmasas]

You are too slow with new postings. Try to post once a week about your new Model Y. We have a lot to learn from your EV videos.

[@tygorton]

"Yes, let's make sure maximum tracking is turned on, so the car knows where you are." bwaaahahahahahaha. Is it really this easy to sell dystopia?

[@Tom-cn4cm]

congrats on supporting Qanon Elon.

[@brunoheggli2888]

Horrible!

[@sydjaguar]

Super video.