Tesla reportedly developing new smaller, cheaper EV after killing Model 2

BonoboIO

Yeah … vapoware like the roadster.

cyanydeez

Tesla is basically proof positive that the market, oligarchy and fund managers are all in the Epstein-sphere of influence. No rational market would suffer the type of business management and products that Tesla produces.

tapoxi

It's a shame what happened to this company. I used to really want a Tesla, but now the brand signifies your support for Musk/DOGE, they killed half their lineup, and they keep mentioning that cars aren't the future as they aim for driverless taxis and robots. At least they opened the supercharger network. My mom picked up a Cadillac Optiq and even with her being on the other side of the country she was able to seamlessly transition to an EV.

andrecarini

My impression as a driver-in-training is that people are too complacent and forget they are handling a machine that could at any moment kill and maim you, your loved ones and random innocent bystanders. I wish we all were more responsible about it, and I hate the Tesla philosophy of going the opposite way (the touchscreen, the sorta there but not really autopilot, etc)

xnx

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ramesh31

It will still be $30k+ out the door, guaranteed. There's zero interest in making an actual affordable car when their margins are so high at that level.

devonnull

File this under I'll believe it when I see it .

microtherion

Quarterly earnings will be released April 22. My impression is that in recent years, such rumors tended to cluster around earnings reports (which largely haven't been great the last 2 years or so), presumably as distractions.

klooney

I saw a Cybercab on the 280 today, it looked kind of cool but kind of weird, too. I wonder if it'll be the same thing physically.

linzhangrun

Tesla's R&D on consumer-level products has been quite stagnant: the Model 3 and Model Y are essentially cars from many years ago. With EV technology advancing rapidly, especially under such fierce external competition (e.g., Chinese EVs), they are increasingly struggling to keep up. Today's versions of these cars are not significantly different from when they were first launched (setting FSD aside). They even discontinued the S and X. I don't know how Tesla plans to cope with the next 10 years. Compared to space, AI, and even autonomous driving, electric vehicles may have already become "too boring" of a thing for Musk.