Tesla Model Y from £41,990, or from £516 a month on salary sacrifice, Electric Car Scheme says

Analysis of the 2026 Tesla Model Y refresh, covering pricing, range specifications and salary sacrifice affordability for UK fleet buyers.

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Tesla Model Y from £41,990, or from £516 a month on salary sacrifice
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The refreshed Tesla Model Y now starts at £41,990 on the road, about £3,000 below the outgoing entry-level Rear-Wheel Drive car's £44,990, though the Standard's Supercharging peaks at 175kW, according to Tesla's UK specification. The figures were reported by The Electric Car Scheme. For fleets weighing salary sacrifice schemes, that's a meaningfully cheaper entry point, though with a lower charging peak.

Further up the range, the Long Range RWD offers up to 383 miles of WLTP range at £685 a month according to The Electric Car Scheme's quote tool, while the provider quotes a £60,000 earner from £516 a month. A seven-seat Model Y also returned to UK order books in April 2026, but it's locked to the Premium Long Range All-Wheel Drive trim at £54,490 - £2,500 above the five-seat equivalent. Anyone needing the extra seats gets no cheaper route in.

Why this matters: BIK on the Model Y sits at 4% for 2026/27 against up to 37% on a comparable petrol SUV, and the scheme claims employees typically save 20-50% versus a personal lease. That gap alone should settle most salary sacrifice business cases, but fleet buyers adding the seven-seat variant need to model the £54,490 trim-lock against demand before assuming it's a drop-in upgrade.

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Correction, 16 October 2026: this article said the entry-level Model Y Standard keeps 250kW rapid charging; Tesla UK gives it a 175kW peak. It also overstated the price cut, which was about £3,000, not £5,000. The monthly costs are The Electric Car Scheme's quotes, and the headline now says so.

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