In the end, the $25,000 Tesla Model 2 will be in trouble

At the beginning of this month Elon Musk denied cancellation Tesla Model 2the long-awaited electric car costing 25,000 euros. Reuters published that the said car was abandoned and that the company would focus its resources on developing robotaxi. The tycoon publicly accused the news agency of lying about the fate of the Model 2, and hours later announced that the robotaxi in question would be unveiled on August 8th.

However, another report claims that despite Elon Musk’s denial, Tesla Model 2 would really have problems. Fred Lambert, magazine editor-in-chief Electrekpublished yesterday, that sources close to the matter confirmed that the low-cost electric car had been “delayed” and “released from financing.”

At the time of writing this article, the leader of Tesla has not yet issued a refutation of this information. Lambert himself points out that Musk’s attacks on Reuters This may have been because the media used terms like “cancelled” or “canceled” when talking about the status of the Tesla Model 2. There may be a desire within to restart the project at some point in the future, but new information indicates that this initiative has been suspended indefinitely.

A change in plans for the Tesla Model 2 will happen very recently. In December 2023, Elon Musk said that this model would revolutionize the production processes of the automotive industry. And that he will do it on such a scale that it will “blow people’s minds.” That month, he says ElectrekThe businessman said internally that expanding the Gigafactory in Austin, Texas, to produce the new vehicle is a priority for 2024. But since then there had to be radical changes in strategy.

New information indicates that the project to create Tesla Model 2 would be delayed and ‘completely defunded’. In addition, team members could be affected by the dismissal of about 14 thousand workers, which became known yesterday.

Tesla Model 2 in trouble?

All resources allocated to creating the €25,000 electric car will now be allocated to the robotaxi, its 100% autonomous vehicle. Electrek It even mentions that a Giga Texas expansion for Tesla’s new Model 2 production line has been ruled out.

Instead of, This space will be used to create a new data center that will be dedicated exclusively to robotaxis.. Although the latter would not be without problems, since supposedly the installation of the said infrastructure will already be delayed.

We’ll have to see how this story develops. Let us remember that, while denying the cancellation of the Tesla Model 2, Elon Musk made it clear which path this project could take. Sawyer Merritt, with whom the tycoon communicates a lot on X (Twitter), posted that the low-cost electric car and the robotaxi are likely very similar, since they are based on the same platform. The main difference will be that the Model 2 will have a steering wheel, while the robotaxi will not.

“Perhaps Elon and the team were impressed by the good performance of the FSD 12. [la versión 12 de la beta del sistema de conducción autónoma total] who may have felt that they should devote even more resources to the robotaxi/FSD project. This does not mean that a $25,000 car is a write-off. Again, they are using the same platform,” he added. Elon Musk responded with emojis with eyes, as if confirming this assumption..

Many expected the arrival of robotaxis in August. one step before the presentation of Tesla Model 2. This may still be the case. But if the information is correct and the low-cost electric car is delayed indefinitely, we may have to wait much longer than expected before we see it come to fruition.