Tesla suspends low-priced electric car project, fully promotes self-driving taxi research and development

According to reports, Tesla’s low-price electric car project appears to be in trouble. Tesla CEO Elon Musk has publicly refuted relevant reports, but electric vehicle news website Electrek cited internal sources as saying that the low-priced electric car project, code-named NV9, has actually been suspended. Tesla is currently focusing on its self-driving taxi project.

Tesla has long been developing its "next-generation vehicle platform", which aims to reduce the manufacturing costs of electric vehicles through technological innovation. Previously, Tesla has publicly revealed that it will launch two new models under this platform: one is a smaller model with a lower price than Model 3, which is often called the "$25,000 Tesla" or "Model 2" in the industry. "; the other is a new model "Tesla Robotaxi" designed specifically for autonomous driving.

Although the editor understands that although Musk refuted the report that "Tesla canceled the low-cost car plan" on social media a few weeks ago, internal sources revealed that due to all resources being diverted to the self-driving taxi project, The NV9 project has effectively been put on hold. The project was originally planned to become a priority development project in 2024 and be expanded at the German Gigafactory to accommodate production needs. However, the project has been divested and related team members were also laid off in Tesla's latest round of layoffs.

Musk has now said he wants the company to shift its focus to the southern expansion of the Texas factory, which will build a large data center to support the development of the Robotaxi project. Shortly after Musk denied reports that he had canceled plans for a cheaper model, he announced that Tesla plans to release self-driving taxis on August 8. However, the latest news shows that the project has lagged behind the original schedule, and there is still uncertainty whether it can be completed as scheduled by the end of August.

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