During a visit to the factory in Berlin, Elon Musk announced that the “next-gen” car, promised to cost €25,000, will be produced in Europe.
Elon Musk paid a quick visit to the Berlin factory to congratulate the teams and confirm salary increases. And, on this occasion, the billionaire would have made an announcement that was far from innocuous, according to several tweets published on November 3 : the car promised at €25,000, about which little is known at present, will be produced in Germany – where Tesla has great ambitions. We recall that the multinational has assembly lines in the United States, China and in the near future in Mexico, where this future model should also be assembled.
For the moment, the Berlin Gigafactory is only dedicated to one vehicle: the Model Y, the 100% electric SUV which is a real best-seller for Tesla. The €25,000 car is particularly awaited by the public, because it will make the manufacturer’s know-how even more accessible.
Tesla’s Berlin factory will produce something other than the Model Y
The Berlin Gigafactory began expansion work even before it was known precisely what could be produced there. Initially, the German site was to host battery production, but the project was suspended. The arrival of assembly lines for next generation models, such as the robotaxi or the affordable Tesla, would be consistent.
For the moment, no one knows when this car will be presented, which will necessarily be more compact than the Model 3. And Tesla’s timetable is still very uncertain: the 100% electric Cybertruck pickup truck was announced in 2019 and it will not be launched until at the end of this year. It’s even worse for the second generation Roadster, shown for the first time in… 2017 — and still unavailable. In short, we are still far from seeing the color of this affordable car, supposed to be under €25,000. It should in any case be considered as the next big thing at Tesla. It will compete with all the waltz of affordable cars planned for the coming years, in the wake of the Volkswagen ID.2.
The production planned in Germany makes sense in relation to the targeted markets. We can indeed imagine this car being a hit in Europe, where compact models are particularly popular. In France, it could even keep the ecological bonus, whose future allocation scheme will exclude from the equation vehicles produced very far from our borders. This possibility still remains science fiction since we are not sure that the ecological bonus will still exist when this “small” Tesla car is available. If so, that would bring the price down to €20,000. It could then create a real tidal wave on the automobile market.
This car, which could be named Model A or Model 2 or anything else, will be based on the “Next-Gen” project, a revolutionary development platform that will allow Tesla to accelerate its growth and produce several million vehicles per year. year.
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