You may be willing to pay a large sum of money for a Tesla electric car, but you may not yet be able to afford the cost of, say, a Model 3. For those who dream of a company model, a version economic it could be a lot search.
We are talking about this $ 25,000 model (which would most likely rise in price when moving to Europe) that Elon Musk’s company has announced as a possibility for the future. Now, and through some revealed documents about the Shanghai gig factory, this version could arrive sooner than previously thought.
Last year Elon Musk said this would be possible thanks to the manufacture of new cells and batteries from the company. As Musk then said:
Tesla will manufacture an attractive $ 25,000 electric vehicle that is also fully autonomous.
In addition, Musk added that the new “economical” electric car would hit the market in about three years, when Tesla has increased production of its new battery cell.
Now, and according to new documents from the Shanghai Gigafactoría presented to the government, Tesla plans to add a third cheaper model that will be produced at this center from 2022. As explained through Weibo:
Tesla’s new domestic models will be produced directly at the Shanghai Gigafactoría. The positioning and selling price will be lower than that of its Model 3, and the price of the new car is expected to remain unchanged. Between 160,000 RMB and 200,000 RMB, mass production and delivery can be as early as 2022.
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Time will tell if this 2022 date is real, but even if it weren’t and one or one finally arrives two years later, lor what does seem clear is that the company of Elon Musk is ready to launch a model that will seduce anyone who is thinking of switching to an electric. [Electrek]