Tesla's top-selling model, the Model Y SUV, has needed a styling refresh and feature update to keep it competitive with a raft of new electric competitors and it's finally broken cover. We've been patiently waiting for the update—code-named Juniper—ever since its sibling, the Model 3 sedan, received its own freshening for the 2024 model year.

Tesla sure has a thing for random-seeming codenames for its models. The Model 3 sedan revised last year, for example, carried the internal designation "Highland." For the 3's SUV sibling, the Model Y compact crossover,