Some rumors are coming out this week about Tesla’s upcoming $25,000 electric car, but I think it’s better to temper expectations about the timing because of two words: battery cells. At Tesla Battery Day last year, CEO Elon Musk announced that Tesla will be making a $25,000 electric car. The CEO commented in the announcement: […]
(..)As Musk mentioned, the new model and its price are enabled by the new 4680 battery cell and structural battery pack. Now, I don’t think Tesla would necessarily produce the cells themselves for this vehicle as they are validating cells from other manufacturers, and 4680 cells from CATL would make sense for this model. hile I think we might get to see a prototype of the new model within the next year, I don’t think it’s realistic to think it will hit production by the end of 2022.