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- technology@lemmy.ml
When Reuters reported in April that Tesla had scrapped plans for a long-promised, next-generation $25,000 electric vehicle, the automaker’s stock plunged. Chief Executive Elon Musk rushed to respond on X, his social-media network.
“Reuters is lying,” he posted, without elaborating. Tesla’s stock recovered some of its losses.
Six months later, Musk appears to have backed into an admission that Tesla dropped its plans for a human-driven $25,000 car. He said in an Oct. 23 earnings call that building the affordable EV would be "pointless” unless the car was fully autonomous.
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“We can’t make an affordable Tesla unless we come up with something that would make it too expensive.”
Gotcha.
Chinese EV it is, then!
Until we tax them ridiculously (50-100%) to keep things “fair” for the american auto makers that refuse to build anything smaller than a chevorlet suburban.
I so badly just want a tiny electric vehicle. I don’t travel much. Just need it to go around town and maybe a town over.
Chevy Bolt? My coworker has one and loves it.
Was looking at it but that’s like the $30k range, no? I can’t afford a 500/mo payment.
Get a couple year old one then.
If you’re on a budget why would you be looking at brand new cars?
China cars are like 3k-5k. I can afford that. Like even one of the China trucks is like 6k-7k or something. I don’t mind getting used, I just don’t want to spend 30k. Or really even above 10k.
Do you need windows? Renault has a couple of small ones, the Twizy and Zoe, in order of size. Dunno if they’re still available. Else in my country they have the BYD dolphin and Smart One Plus.
Americans aren’t allowed to buy BYD personal vehicles…
Or import European EVs that aren’t pre-approved. No Renault Twizy.
The Volvo EX30 looks promising
Sounds like a tram/light rail would be the perfect EV for you
Can you come install one near me?
Your best option is voting for people who will build transit in your local elections
Il not saying DON’T do vote in local elections but solves the problem…in a decade or two…and it requires buy-in from surrounding districts.
It unfortunately does not address the short term needs of commuters
And if we never build it it will never address the needs of commuters. Your government doesn’t think twice about a new road or expanding an existing one but will delay transit for years.
Sure, but it’s not a one-or-the-other thing. The best solution now is to get a cheap EV AND vote for public transit
How can somebody just shout “they’re lying” to get their stock back up and get away with it?
Expect shit they try to bury in the election news cycle
Well I guess he must know about some secret point to killing his own company.
