According to the Gigafactory Berlin News channel on X, which covers plant-related news, Musk announced during his visit that the upcoming €25,000 electric car (known in the U.S. to be a $25,000 electric car) will be produced in Berlin.
#GigaBerlinBrandenburg@elonmusk announced today during his visit to GigaBerlin that a 25k € Tesla will be built here. pic.twitter.com/EmdYXQAUOS
— Gigafactory Berlin News (@Gf4Tesla) November 3, 2023
The news has been shared by a number of Tesla-oriented websites including Teslarati and Torque News, which indicates that it's considered probable.
As we know for now, Tesla's next-generation model - essentially the affordable electric car and its autonomous robot taxi cousin - is assigned to the upcoming Giga Mexico plant. However, one report suggests that the car could be developed and initially produced in Texas.
The affordable Tesla EV is promised to be "much more conventional" than the Tesla Cybertruck. It will also be "cool", "beautiful" and "utilitarian," according to Musk. The vehicle is also expected to be produced at a high volume – potentially millions of units annually.
According to InsideEVs, producing the $25,000 car in Mexico and the €25,000 equivalent in Europe would probably make a lot of sense. It could also see production in another plant in China or elsewhere in Asia. Regardless of the location, we are likely at least a few years away from the launch of this new model, as Tesla needs to complete development and build new manufacturing facilities with an entirely new manufacturing process to radically reduce costs.
