Model Y prices go up drastically before the Juniper release as Trump tariffs are about to take hold in Canada

While Tesla is about to announce the 2025 Model Y Juniper refresh prices and release date for North America, perhaps as soon as this week, potential buyers may face drastically higher tags in the US and Canada alike.

In the US, the Model Y Juniper may be sold without the federal tax credit rebate of $7,500, as the new Trump administration has requested a pause in the disbursement of all EV subsidies until a 90-day review period is over. After the review, the federal agencies in charge are to make recommendations whether the US government should end the new EV tax credit and charging infrastructure subsidies altogether, with a high chance of doing so.

Starting February 1, the fans of Tesla's bestselling Model Y in Canada will wake up to much higher prices, too. Tesla Canada has announced that it is raising the Model Y price by CA$4,000 (about US$2,790), and the Model 3 Long Range AWD or Performance trims even higher by CA$8,000 and CA$9,000, respectively.

Coincidentally, February 1 is when the Trump administration's punitive new tariffs against Canada and Mexico come into effect, and Canada has vowed to reciprocate with import levies on US goods of its own. Thus, Tesla may be preemptively raising the prices of all Model Y trims there by nearly three grand, and the Model 3 prices with two times that amount.

Canadian consumers are also in a rather disadvantaged position as Tesla buyers, since their own federal EV rebate already expired last year, and the CAD has been dropping precipitously against the USD ever since the tariff threat loomed real on the horizon.

Adding insult to injury, Tesla priced the 2025 Model Y Juniper facelift a tad higher than its predecessor, at least in China.

If it does the same in North America, early adopters will be in for a rather unpleasant surprise after a year of discounts and promos that saw the Model Y price fall close to $35,000 with all the stacked rebates and freebies that Tesla came up with.

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