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Tesla is push back the assure launch of a more low-priced EV by month , according to areportfrom Reuters . The new simulation , which is purportedly a very strip - down Model Y , was supposed to debut in thefirst half of this yearbut now might not come until late 2025 or other 2026 , state the report .
This all comes as Tesla’ssales are tumblingin many parts of the world thanks to a compounding of an maturate card of vehicle , Musk’sfar - correct politicsand involvement in the U.S. administration , and theunderperformance of the Cybertruck .
CEO Elon Musk firstteased the ideaof pee-pee a $ 25,000 Tesla at the troupe ’s “ Battery Day ” event in 2020 . Tesla was develop a new chopine that would be 50 % cheesy to ramp up , which it planned to use to power this raw simulation , often conversationally referred to as the “ Model 2 , ” as well as the party ’s mythic robotaxi .
But Musk ultimatelykilled the ideaof make a drivable car on the new political platform . or else , hereportedlypivoted Tesla toward developing lower - monetary value versions of the Model Y SUV and Model 3 sedan chair .
