Competition between small electric cars is increasingly unleashed. The most established car manufacturers are presenting lithium-ion models with “cut” autonomy on the data of daily use of city cars but still the prices are quite high. And it is precisely on autonomy and price that Elon Musk is working to get the new Tesla model off the ground, a brand that has been undergoing strong competition for some time from major manufacturers such as VW and Audi.
The increase in autonomy
According to rumors of some media, by 2022/2023 A new Tesla economic model is expected with aautonomy of 402 km (Wltp cycle), challenging the 350 km of Volkswagen ID.3.
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It style it should resume that of the current one Model 3 but with smaller dimensions.
The flagship would be the battery with 4680 cells which would make it possible to reduce production costs by 50% but, at the same time, to accumulate five times more energy, leading to a 16% increase in autonomy.
Production in Berlin
The massive production of this battery, combined with the exploitation of the resources already used for the production of Model 3 and Model Y at the plant in Berlin (in Germany, which should be fully operational at the beginning of 2022), would involve putting the baby Tesla on the market at a price of around 20 thousand euros, well below its main competitors, such as Vw ID.3, Nissan Leaf and Peugeot 208.