Tesla’s Head of Design has provided some insight into potential future plans for two Model Y colors, making nods to the Glacier Blue and Midnight Cherry Red paint options as part of a special milestone podcast episode.

On Sunday, Ryan McCaffrey shared the 500th episode of the Ride the Lightning podcast, featuring a long conversation with Tesla Chief Designer Franz von Holzhausen. While the roughly-hour-long discussion touched on a wide range of topics, von Holzhausen talks about many of his design intentions, his driving force at Tesla, and what the plans for the two paint colors are, among many other topics still.

In the interview, McCaffrey points out that those in the U.S. can’t currently purchase the new Model Y in any blue color, let alone the highly-anticipated Glacier Blue. He goes on to ask von Holzhausen directly whether the U.S. could get Glacier Blue in the future,

On whether the Glacier Blue Model Y color is expected to make it to the U.S., von Holzhausen declined to answer directly, though he did explain a little bit about how the team developed the color.

“Glacier Blue is just a color that we’ve been talking about with our team — the team is like right through that window by the way — and we were looking at the impact of silver, how do we get pigment into silver and really add a little bit of personality to it,” von Holzhausen said. “If you look at our palette, you know it was either darks or white, and so we were looking for something in between. Blue is always a fairly popular color.”

“I’m not going to answer that specifically, but if you look at the history of how things evolve and change in the ability to order things… you could extrapolate maybe something out of that? I can’t guarantee you either way,” von Holzhausen adds.

🚨 Tesla’s Glacier Blue was inspired by the need for a color between blue and silver, two very popular colors.

However, Franz Von Holzhausen hinted the new color could be coming to the United States, but wouldn’t confirm it for sure. pic.twitter.com/e6TcNLjeo1

— TESLARATI (@Teslarati) March 2, 2025

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Currently, Tesla sells the Glacier Blue Model Y in the Asia-Pacific markets, though the focus on the color and von Holzhausen’s lack of a direct response may suggest that it could eventually make it to North America.

In addition, McCaffrey asks the head Tesla designer if the popular Midnight Cherry Red color from Gigafactory Berlin was being discontinued, to which von Holzhausen responds plainly that he’s “not going to answer it,” adding that fans should “stay tuned.”

Lastly, Franz was unwilling to confirm that Midnight Cherry Red was discontinued at Giga Berlin

“Stay tuned,” he said. https://t.co/omgixz02yi

— TESLARATI (@Teslarati) March 2, 2025

You can check out the full 500th episode of the Ride the Lightning podcast below, featuring the color discussions and more with von Holzhausen.

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An anti-Elon Musk protest outside a Tesla store in New York over the weekend has led to as many as nine arrests, along with some protestors attempting to prevent some customers from entering the location.

Tesla’s Manhattan store was the target of anti-Musk protests on Saturday, and a report from Reuters notes that police went on to arrest nine demonstrators from the scene. Authorities say there were hundreds of protestors at the site, and crowds of them can be seen in footage from the Tesla location.

The Saturday protests were captured on camera and widely shared on X, showing many demonstrators attempting to stop customers from entering the store. One such customer, Angelo Martinez, can be seen being barred from entering as he attempted to make it to a test drive of the new Model Y, which he had scheduled for Saturday at 1:00 p.m.

The video also shows at least a few protestors who made it all the way inside the store, and certain angles show that some of the glass in front of the store had been shattered.

The event comes amidst broader protests hitting Tesla’s stores around the world over Musk’s recent involvement with U.S. President Donald Trump’s government efficiency department, a re-branded agency the administration has used to slash federal agency workforces in recent weeks.

Last weekend, protestors could be seen at several Tesla stores including those in San Francisco, Washington D.C., two sites in Pennsylvania, and in Sweden, amongst others still.

You can see Martinez arguing with the demonstrators below.

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One agreeable participant even asked why anyone thinks they have a right to stop him from forcefully entering the building, with some reference to the ‘United States of America.’

Source: https://t.co/VH9KOxReAM pic.twitter.com/5nY4fw2B6i

— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) March 1, 2025

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Eventually, Martinez says he did manage to get into the Tesla store by roughly 2:15 p.m. with the help of authorities, and he was still able to complete his test drive, though later than planned.

“The new model Y is going to blow people’s minds,” Martinez wrote in a follow-up post on X.

Amidst some misunderstandings about whether he actually had an appointment for the demo drive or not, Martinez also shared a screenshot from the booking, along with providing a full statement as to what happened to him at the demonstration. You can read the full account from Martinez below, as detailed in a post on X on Saturday afternoon.

CONTEXT: MY POV OF WHAT HAPPENED!!

I had an appointment at the Tesla dealership in Manhattan today at 1:00 PM to test drive the new model Y.

Unfortunately I was met by protesters immediately coming down the street in my own Tesla as I was going to park in the parking garage down the street.

I had an appointment at 1 PM but didn’t get to go into the Tesla dealership until around 2:15 PM. As I tried to approach the entrance doors, I realized that there were people laying out in front, blocking the entrance along with MSM to take photos and videos.

There was broken glass from the protestors trying to breach. The tensions were high, people were screaming, yelling, and cursing with huge signs in protest of Elon.

As I approached the entrance to see what was occurring I was met by protestors chanting and yelling over me as I tried to figure out the whole situation. I became frustrated from the situation and pleaded to the protestors to please stop impeding on day to day life.

Once I realized I wouldn’t be able to come through the front, I approached NYPD and asked them what I should do. They had me stand off to the side as they tried to control the situation. I ended up being able to get in contact with the Tesla dealership and they allowed me to come in through the garage where the vehicles were being let out.

I will post the footage of the test drive separately as I want to show the context of what I experienced. These people were sick, mentally ill and didn’t care who they were going to bother in order to make their point.

Attached, you’ll find the email for confirmation of my reservation to test drive the new Model Y.

I hope this gives context to what occurred, and also shows how unhinged these psychopaths are. @elonmusk

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Electric vehicle (EV) maker Polestar says it has gained a $450 million financial commitment, alongside announcing a delay to its fourth-quarter earnings call.

On Friday, Geely-owned automaker Polestar announced plans to delay its Q4 earnings call and 2024 fiscal year details to next month (via Reuters). The news comes after Polestar had previously announced plans to delay Q4 results in March, after gaining over $800 million in year-long loans which it plans to use to pay off old debts.

Polestar has yet to disclose how it plans to use the new funding, though it’s expected to be detailed in the upcoming earnings call, for which a date has yet to be determined.

It also comes after Polestar saw a 14 percent decline in deliveries in the third quarter, amounting to 44,851 units total and seeing a 15-percent global sale decrease over all of 2024. Additionally,

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In August, Polestar appointed Michael Lohscheller as the new CEO along with announcing the departure of former head executive Thomas Ingenlath, as detailed in a press release. Economic trouble also brought former head stakeholder Volvo to sell remaining shares of Polestar to fellow owner and Chinese automaker Geely last year, despite plans to launch its vehicles in as many as seven new world markets in 2025.

Polestar also joined the fold of EV brands to gain access to Superchargers in recent months, as Tesla aims to continue offering broad access to the charging stations to the rest of the industry. Throughout much of 2024, automakers slowly and incresingly adopted Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS) hardware, the company’s proprietary charging port, in exchange for deals that would open Superchargers to non-Tesla EV brands.

Thus far, Polestar joins Ford, General Motors (GM), Lucid Motors, Mercedes, Nissan, Rivian, and Volvo EVs in gaining access to the Supercharger network, as detailed on Tesla’s website.

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