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Tesla’s Model Y Gets High Marks From a Critic Musk Respects

  • Sandy Munro praises crossover’s cargo space and performance
  • Tesla’s CEO gave the consultant a shout-out in January
Sandy Munro, president of Munro & Associates Inc., takes a walk around Tesla’s Model Y crossover with Bloomberg’s David Welch.Source: Bloomberg
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Tesla Inc.’s new Model Y has what people have come to expect from Elon Musk’s cars: It’s lightning quick, handles nicely and has better electronic gadgetry than its competitors.

Unlike past Tesla offerings, early versions are rolling off the assembly line looking more like you’d expect from a company with a handle on the finer points of car building, according to Sandy Munro. The manufacturing consultant who’s been tearing cars apart piece-by-piece for three decades offered his initial impressions before digging into the Model Y that his shop took delivery of this week.