Spotted! New 2025 Tesla Model Y ‘Juniper’ surfaces again just weeks before reveal and it looks far more than just a super-sized Model 3

The top-selling 2025 Tesla Model Y has been spotted testing giving us another look at the facelifted mid-size electric SUV ahead of its debut early in 2025.

Originally, it was thought the heavily facelifted Tesla Model Y would adopt its looks from the recently updated Model 3 sedan. These new pictures suggest otherwise.

The pics and video uploaded by Suppakit Phonorthong shows the new Model Y is still heavily disguised by camouflage. But it appears to retain the current model’s lower fog lamps.

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That’s important because the Model 3 ‘Highlander’ saw the fog lights relocated within the Model 3’s headlamps.

At the rear, we’ve already seen the new Model Y will gain a light bar that connects its rear lamp cluster. Again, that’s a departure from both the existing car’s styling and the upgraded Model 3.

This suggests the US car-maker might be planning to abandon its Russian doll approach to styling, with more distinctive design for the global best-selling Model Y.

Just one pic of the cabin has been leaked so far that revealed leather seats, suede-look trim on the door panel and a thin strip of ambient lighting.

Other more major changes will include removing the existing Model Y’s gear lever and replacing it with steering wheel buttons.

When it comes to what powers the mid-size Tesla SUV, the Model Y should benefit from the revised powertrains introduced by the upgraded Model 3.

That means the base rear-drive Model Y will bag a 210kW e-motor and cover around 500km on a single charge.

The Long Range version will boast almost 370kW and have a higher-density battery offering a range of more than 600km.

At the top of the tree, the Model Y Performance will deliver around 375kW of power that should see the mid-size SUV launch from 0-100km/h in less than 4.0 seconds.

Following the 2025 Tesla Model Y’s arrival, the mid-size US SUV  should land in Australia as soon as the first half of 2025.

The Model Y update is a timely arrival for Tesla, which posted a global sales decline in 2024 for the first time in 12 years.