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Tesla Model 2 will arrive in 2025

During the company’s financial report, Tesla CEO Elon Musk confirmed the arrival of a new electric car, the Tesla Model 2. It is an affordable car that will cost less than the Model 3, and which should arrive on the market in the first half of next year.

Last year, a teaser was released showing a car with a curved roofline and similar design to the Model Y SUV and Model 3. The Model 2 is also expected to look a bit like the facelifted Model 3 with slimmer headlights compared to Tesla’s older models. It should be positioned as a rival to conventional family hatchback models with a size of around 4.4 meters, and this could be achieved with a more aggressive rear roofline.

The car will be produced on the same production lines as the current models. This will not achieve the projected savings, but it will provide an opportunity for the company to increase the volume of vehicles in a more efficient way during uncertain times. “This should help us use the maximum capacity, which is close to three million vehicles, and enable a growth of more than 50 percent compared to production in 2023 before investing in new production lines,” the company said.

The Tesla CEO also said that this car will use everything the company learned during the development of the Model S, X, 3 and Y, as well as the Cybertruck and the Semi truck.

Source: Tesla

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Tesla has given up on the goal of 20 million vehicles by 2030

American vehicle manufacturer Tesla always has high expectations when it comes to sales, but the reality is different. One of the world’s largest manufacturers of electric cars set a goal of selling 20 million vehicles by the end of the decade, but according to last year’s results, that number is far from realistic. In 2023, Tesla sold less than 2 million vehicles (+38%), which is far from the expected growth of 50 percent per year.

Since the beginning of 2024, Tesla has not recorded the expected sales, so the company decided to look for a solution in more affordable models with a price of $25,000. Their best-selling model in Europe is the Tesla Model Y, which has not been doing well lately, because recently it was not even in the top 20 best-selling cars on the old continent.

The company’s goal is primarily to reduce production costs, so the existing production lines will be used for future cheaper models. The first such model should arrive by the end of the year after Tesla presents its first electric Robotaxi. There are no technical details about the new model for now.

A few days ago, Tesla recalled over 120,000 cars due to problems with the seat belt warning system. The system is supposed to send visual and audible warnings to drivers when they are not buckled in, but NHTSA has determined that it may not work as intended in some vehicles. The problem was noticed in the models Model S (2012 to 2024), Model X (2015 to 2024), Model 3 (2017 to 2023), and Model Y (2020 to 2023), and the company said that the software will be updated in all vehicles by the end of June this year.

Source: Reuters

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Tesla is recalling over 120,000 cars due to safety system issues

The American car manufacturer Tesla continues to embarrass itself, and the latest in a series of safety problems is a problem with the seat belt warning system. This is why Tesla is recalling over 120,000 cars.

First of all, it should be pointed out that Tesla has not received information about any crashes, injuries or deaths related to this safety system. The system is supposed to send visual and audible warnings to drivers when they are not buckled in, but NHTSA has determined that it may not work as intended in some vehicles.

According to federal vehicle safety standards, the visual warning should last at least one minute and the audible warning should last at least four seconds. Luckily for Tesla, the problem will be fixed via an over-the-air (OTA) software update.

The safety issue includes the Model S (2012 to 2024), Model X (2015 to 2024), Model 3 (2017 to 2023), and Model Y (2020 to 2023). The company state that the software will be updated in all vehicles by the end of June this year.

Source: Reuters