The Cybercab's inverter was built to fit a Model Y. Asked on Munro Live whether the whole assembly could go into a Model Y drive unit, Tesla's head of drive unit engineering Nick Verzini said: «Yep. We kept the entire interface.» Asked whether Tesla would do it, the Tesla side answered «I plead the fifth,» EVXL reports.
The new inverter drops a large share of the board's components and every remaining part can come from two suppliers. Verzini said the cut parts «weren't really earning their complexity,» with AI-driven chip demand making supply harder to plan. The board can run on a 12-volt or 48-volt low-voltage system, a first for a Tesla inverter, and the same unit already goes into the Tesla Semi.
Not a Tesla App, summarizing the same Giga Texas tour, says the new board ships in the Model 3 this year. EVXL notes Tesla has not announced an inverter change for the Model Y.
In the same video, Tesla's battery team gave the Model Y's structural pack «a grade D» for manufacturability, while praising the Cybercab's modular pack.
