Tesla is reportedly preparing to launch two new affordable electric cars

Tesla’s futuristic $25,000 electric car is making headlines again. The design of the Tesla Model 2, which will now be known by the code name Redwood, is reportedly progressing well. Aim: Start production in June 2025. For two different new cars.

The Tesla Model 2 (which it shouldn’t be called) is getting a lot of attention. In general, it will be an affordable electric car: Elon Musk talked about $25,000 in 2020. The latest information is extremely serious to us Reuters, which however cites anonymous sources close to the matter. In other words, rather reliable information, but not official.

Two new electric cars

According to this information, Tesla plans to build at least two new electric cars based on the same platform in the coming years. In detail, from June 2025, we will be entitled to the future Tesla Model 2, called Project Redwood by insiders. This is an affordable electric car, which is planned to be sold in millions of copies worldwide.

It will take the form of a compact crossover. A sort of miniature Tesla Model Y? We still have to wait before knowing more.

Along with this consumer model, Tesla is working on another car based on the same platform. The famous Robotaxis we can see sketched in Elon Musk’s recent biography. The objective? Build a fully autonomous electric car (like Tesla’s full-self driving… but more advanced) to create a fleet of autonomous taxis. A product that already exists commercially among competitors in the United States, because our colleagues Numerama.

Global production

To be able to produce these future electric cars in quantity and at low cost, Tesla will rely heavily on its new factories. Elon Musk made it clear last year that the Tesla Model 2 would first see the light of day in Austin, Texas, but it would also be built at the future Giga factory in Mexico, which is currently under construction. As announced by Elon Musk, it should also be manufactured in Berlin, Germany, and certainly in China.

The information was collected by Reuters suggests that Tesla recently purchased the thermal Honda Civic (sold for $23,950 in the United States) to study how to design and manufacture a cheaper car. An episode that reminds us of some competitors of the American manufacturer who buy Teslas to dismantle, for similar reasons.

Remember that the American billionaire proudly announced that Tesla’s future production of cheap electric cars “ will mislead people” Reason? Future production methods, priority Revolutionaries We obviously imagine that many innovative (even revolutionary) technologies from the Cybertruck, Tesla’s electric pickup truck, will be integrated into this future Tesla Redwood.

In Europe, the Tesla Model 2 will have good competition: notably the Renault R5 E-Tech, the Citroën ë-C3 and the Volkswagen ID.2. The coming years promise to be exciting for affordable electric cars.

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