Earlier this week, Tesla officially confirmed that it is developing a next-generation vehicle platform focused on affordability and potentially half the cost of the platform that underpins the Model Y and Model 3 best selling.
“Obviously this is the main focus of our new vehicle development team,” Musk said, suggesting that this is what the company has moved on to later. Cybertruck and Semiwas delayed for several years along with the Roadster.
“It’s obviously going to be smaller,” added Musk, who predicted that the third platform would exceed the production capacity of all other vehicles combined.
Tesla Cybertruck Concept (Courtesy of Tesla, Inc.)
The addition of a smaller platform does not signal a departure from larger vehicles. Musk also provided updates for the Semi, which is expected to ship first on December 1, and the Cybertruck, which may not be available until 2023. He emphasized that the company is constantly improving. improve its existing products.
It is speculated that the platform will give Tesla a path to get a much larger share of the global vehicle market, and it could form the basis for a whole new generation of vehicles of zero size. only in compact cars for North America but also in a reasonable size that can be sold in higher volumes to Europe, India and Asia.
The clarification comes after a long series of seemingly contradictory statements about whether Tesla models will be more affordable in the future.
$25,000 Tesla Introduced for 2023 – Battery Day
The idea of the $25,000 EV is at the heart of Tesla’s 2020 Battery Day, and something the move to its 4680 format cells will help trigger, the company argues. The company then announced through official channels that it work on that EV in China. More recently, in January, Musk said that Tesla doesn’t work with $25,000 EVs — and that robotaxi project Building on the so-called Self-Driving technology is more important.
Earlier this year, Tesla’s head of investor relations, said that a cheaper Tesla was an option, and a more affordable Tesla is needed for it to become a high-volume automaker. Going further into the matter, the automaker emphasizes that the cell supply constraints that have limited product expansion have been largely lifted.
