That'd get people talking.
"One of the key things that happened this year is the beginning of the transition of Tesla to a fully integrated, sustainable energy company". As with numerous things Tesla does, this flies in the face of auto industry convention, where platform sharing among different vehicle types is a common cost-saving measure.
He also highlighted some new products on the horizon. In fairness to Tesla, the brand has been working with the sorts of companies that will use these electric semi-trucks, so it will be made to fit their demands and likely have a good shot at success. The Model Y could have a similar initial price point. The company also gave us our first look at Model Y.
Elon Musk has said that the Tesla Model Y will be on roads in 2019. "It would have been better to just design an SUV the way an SUV should be designed. Design a sedan, the way a sedan should be designed", Musk said.
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'Otherwise you're just trying to shoehorn something in that doesn't make sense'.
With the continued growth of the SUV market it is no surprise that the Model Y is in development, but the unexpected revelation is that Tesla will not base it on the upcoming Model 3 saloon. He noted that with previous models, miscalculations were made on that front as well.
In addition to dropping a shadowy photo of its upcoming SUV, the company has also assured everyone that it's on track to begin Model 3 production in July.
However, the configurator will only be a basic one with only basic options available to the user. Tesla's lower-cost sedan, the Model 3, which will be officially announced later this year, will reportedly start around $35,000. That would have been the sensible way to do it. "With the next release of software, which is maybe as soon as next week, we will finally exceed the experience of the Hardware 1 cars, and then it's going to advance very rapidly from there". "And perhaps should not be". The Model 3 would be much simpler to make, not least because only the colour of the vehicle and the size of the wheels would be customisable from the beginning rather than having a plethora of customisation options that would increase the time required to make the cars. But given the huge orders the company has to fill for its other models, we suspect it will be the latter rather than the former.
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