You may be willing to pay a large sum of money for an electric car from Tesla, but you still can’t afford the cost, for example, of a Model 3. For those who dream of a company model, a economic version it could be very search for.
We are talking about that $ 25,000 model (which would most likely increase in price when I go to Europe) that the company Elon Musk announced as a possibility for the future. Now, and through documents revealed about the giant factory in Shanghai, this version could arrive sooner than you think.
Last year Elon Musk said this will be possible thanks to the company’s own manufacture of new cells and batteries. As Musk said then:
Tesla will build an attractive $ 25,000 electric vehicle that is also fully autonomous.
In addition, Musk added that the new “budget” electric car will hit the market in about three years, when Tesla has increased production of its new battery.
Now, and according to new documents from Shanghai Gigafactory presented to the government, Tesla intends to add a third cheaper model that will be produced in that center in 2022. As explained through Weibo:
The new Tesla house models will be produced directly at Shanghai Gigafactory. 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 that date in 2022 is real, but even if it wasn’t in the end one or more two years later, lWhat seems clear is that Elon Musk’s company is willing to launch a model that will seduce anyone thinking of becoming electric. [Electrek]