- More affordable models will be based on existing model 3 and model y
- Cost savings will include degraded interior and reduced technique
- The move is a bid to drum up the sale which has fallen in recent months
During a shareholder call that followed Tesla’s recent quarterly earnings announcement, Elon Musk “Cat Cat out of the bag” (as he put it), by stating that the very hyped affordable Tesla would simply be a trimmed model Y.
The divisive CEO did not go into further details, only this production is scheduled for August or September, but it is understood that the cheaper Model Y will be offered at a lower price thanks to a reduction in interior technology, the use of cheaper materials and a number of more affordable exterior blooms.
While many sectors of the Tesla -bought society have eagerly been waiting for a brand new affordable model that was once tilted to be a $ 25,000 Tesla that was rumored to be based on Cybercab “Unboxed” platform, Musk believes that making the model y more accessible will help bend sales.
In the same earnings call, Musk warned shareholders of a “few rough quarters coming” and commenting on the fact that the Trump administration had removed a number of initiatives and incentives that had previously proven a rich income stream for the company.
These include the legislative credits that the company sold to more polluting rivals to help offset their carbon emissions.
To put together cases, The Guardian reported that figures published by the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) revealed that the sale of Tesla vehicles in Europe fell by 33% to 110,000 in the first half of 2025 compared to 165,000 in the first half of 2024.
Elon Musk has tried to soften the battle for investors by stating that the company’s future lies in its robotaxi and autonomous driving solutions, and with boldness it claims earning calls that “half of the population of the United States will be covered by Tesla’s Robotaxi at the end of the year.”
This despite the fact that his “paid” service is still limited to a number of selected invitees, all of whom have to share the trip with a Tesla security operative and can only travel in a strictly geo-fence area in Austin, Texas.
Tesla -Data suggests autopilot getting worse
While Elon Musk is still tapping the drum to its autonomous driving systems, Tesla revealed an Autopilot Safety Report that suggests its camera-only autonomous driving technology is regressed in 2025.
The data highlights Miles driven between crashes for Tesla vehicles with autopilot functions that were turned on, comparing it to the US average of miles that were run between crashes.
Elektrek has reported on this topic for years and clearly points out the many holes in Tesla’s cherry -picked data. But even when factoring in the various parties and inconsistencies, the number clearly shows that there were fewer miles driven between crashes in the 1st quarter of 2025 than was in the same quarter last year.
It is worth pointing out that this only relates to autopilot, which is a subordinate technology for Tesla’s full self -propelled (FSD) system.
But it’s still not a good look, especially when CEO boasts that customers will soon be able to use FSD without supervision-with other words, fully hands-off/eyes that run in a variety of driving conditions that very few producers have managed to successfully crack.
