Tesla's sales are falling, the company will launch cheap electric cars. Struggle in China and Europe due to low demand of models 3 and Y. The production of new cheap models will begin in 2025.
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Tesla will launch cheap electric cars in 2025.
Struggle in China and Europe with low demand of models 3 and Y.
Testing of new cheap models has started.
New Delhi. Tesla's sales figures are constantly falling. To deal with this problem and boost the cell, the company will sell in the more cheap electric market. In the financial results of Q2 2025, the company told investors that “it has also started manufacturing a more cheap model in June”. Alan Musk's company is struggling in markets like China and Europe due to low demand of model 3 and model Y.
Cheap Tesla cars Tesla said that the company has started working on a more cheap model, which will be placed under the model 3 and model Y. The company revealed that the mass production of the new EV has been fixed for the second half of 2025. Tesla added that “early production” would begin in his “1h2025” time frame.
Planning for cheap EV on new platform
The company's initial planning was to make cheap EV on a new platform, but now this model 3 and model will use Y architecture. This is expected to be a stripped-down version that will features features. In case of size, the new EV model will be slightly smaller than Y. Testing of new cheap models has also started.
Musk expected to return This is not the first time Tesla has announced that it will enter the cheap segment. According to Electrek, the company has also worked earlier on this plan, which was later canceled by Musk. It was popularly called “$ 25,000 Tesla” and was given NV91 and NV92 codenames. Tesla was working on a new platform, but Musk rejected it. Musk is confident that Tesla will return to the European market, as he hopes his self-driving autonomous technology.
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Tesla entered the Indian market by launching model Y Electric SUV on July 15, 2025. The price starts from Rs 59.89 lakh. The model Y is available in BKC in Mumbai. Delivery Q3 will start in 2025.
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Tesla Model Y Launched in India, Price Rs 59.89 Lakh.
Tesla's first showroom opened at Mumbai's BKC Complex.
The delivery of Tesla's model Y will start in Q3 2025.
New Delhi. Tesla officially entered the Indian market on July 15, 2025 with the launch of his model Y Electric SUV, a major step for the American EV giant. The price for the base rear-wheel-drive is Rs 59.89 lakhs (ex-showroom), while the long-range rear-wheel-drive variant is priced at Rs 67.89 lakh (ex-showroom). Model Y is now available at Tesla's first experience center at Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) in Mumbai. The delivery Q3 is scheduled to begin in 2025, and India's premium EV has been quite rather than Tesla's next step in the market.
Which will be the next car? Tesla's next car in India can be Tesla model 3, in the US, the price of model Y starts at 37,490 USD and goes up to 41,490 USD and this model has come on Indian roads. Now, the price of model 3 is less than the model Y, the model 3 starts at 34,900 USD for the rear-wheel-drive model and the top-end performance AWD model is priced at 47,490 USD and the long range RWD is priced at 39,990 usD, the model 3 is the model 3 that will be introduced here.
Tesla Model 3
The Tesla model 3 introduces three variants: the rear-wheel drive (RWD) variant that gives a range of 520km (WLTP), achieves the top speed of 201kmph and a speed of 0 to 100 km/h in 6.1 seconds. The long range all-wheel drive (AWD) variant increases the range to 629km (WLTP), maintains the top speed of 201kmph and achieves a speed of 0–100 km/h in 4.4 seconds.
Compliest Built Units Tesla's India imports CBUS i.e. Complete Built Units, although local manufacturing is necessary for cost cutting and Tesla is currently not interested in doing so. The company is also laying the foundation of its supercharger network, which will start in Mumbai and Delhi first.
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Which car of Tesla will be launched in India after model Y? How much will the price be?
Tesla has launched models Y and model 3 in India. The Tesla model Y will introduce Y 6-seat variant in China. This is a strategic step due to a collision with Byd in China. The price has not been announced yet.
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Tesla launched models Y and model 3 in India.
The Tesla model in China will introduce Y 6-seat variant.
The price of model Y in China can be half from India.
New Delhi. Tesla has recently entered India. The company has launched Tesla Model Y and Model 3. The upgraded version of the model of company model Y in India has been launched in India, Tesla is now going to launch in China. Tesla is going to present its popular model Y SUV's long, 6-seat variant in China. This is the strategic move of the company. For the past several months in China, byd has been giving a tough competition to Tesla. The company is going to launch a new model of Tesla Model Y to remove its market shares back in the world's largest electric vehicle (EV) market.
Model yl The new variant is named Model YL. The US EV giant announced this in a post on Chinese social media on Wednesday. Although the company has not yet shared details about the new model, the new model is about 5 meters in length and wheelbase is 3.04 meters, which is slightly longer than the standard variant.
How much will the price be?
Tesla has not announced the price of model YL, but currently the price of base model Y starts with 263,500 yuan (US $ 36,715) in China. This price of rupees is around 31 lakhs, which is half of the model launched in India. The model is Y Tesla's best -selling model at Global Level, with Shanghai Gigafactory a major production house that gives more than 40 percent of the car manufacturer's global production capacity.
Statistics of China Passenger Car Association According to the China Passenger Car Association, model Y has done more than 480,000 annual delivery in 2024, including petrol cars. In June, the Shanghai Gigafactory reported 61,000 model Y delivery, which was a growth of 3.7 percent of YOY. Tesla's global cell fell 13.5 percent to 384,122 units in the second quarter. In China, the company delivered 128,803 cars in the second quarter, a decline of 11.7 percent year on.
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The car that Tesla launched in India, 2 seats will now be sold in China
Tesla is looking for a place for entry in India and can launch the model 3. Its price can be Rs 40 lakhs and the competition will be from byd seal.
Tesla model Y can be the company's first car in India.
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The price of Tesla Model 3 can be Rs 40 lakh.
Tesla Model 3 will compete with byd seal.
The range of Tesla Model 3 will be 584 km.
New Delhi. Tesla is constantly in the headlines after the entry in India is confirmed. The government has recently reduced basic import duty on foreign cars and bikes. After this, the path of Tesla's entry has been cleared. Tesla is looking for a place for its factory to start its operation in India. The company can first launch the Tesla Model 3 in India, however, the big question is how much it will cost in India and who will compete with it.
There has been a lot of debate on whether cars will be made in India or they will be imported. Earlier, Tesla was asked to make cars in India if they wanted to go to one of the world's largest automotive markets.
Price with tax Now, the Tesla Model 3 in the US is priced at $ 29,990 (Rs 25.99 lakh). If the company brought it to India, then it would cost Rs 29.79 lakh-here we are considering import duty 15 % and this will be an estimated ex-showroom price. Now if the tax is added, then this price will increase rapidly to Rs 40 lakh, which will keep it close to the byd seal, which is on-road price of Rs 43 lakh.
Tesla's range As it has been said, when the Tesla Model 3 will be brought to India, it will compete with BYD seal which is the product of China. BYD is the largest EV seller brand in the world and comes with a seal -base variant – 61.44 kWh battery pack which offers a range of 510 km. Now the Tesla Model 3 base variant gets a 57.5 kwh battery pack with a range of 584 km.
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By: HT Auto Desk | Updated on: 04 Apr 2024, 06:42 AM
Tesla has started production of right-hand drive electric cars in its Giga Berlin plant focusing on the Indian market.
Tesla has started production of right-hand drive electric cars in its Giga Berlin plant focusing on the Indian market. (REUTERS)
Tesla has kicked off production for India-bound electric cars at its Giga Berlin facility, claims an HT report. The electric car manufacturer has started producing right-hand drive cars for the Indian market in its Berlin factory and hopes to have them on the roads of this country by the end of 2024, the report has stated quoting a person familiar with the OEM’s plans. Produced in a small number, these electric cars would be used as test prototypes in the Indian environment. However, the person didn’t reveal which models of the auto company are being produced as the Indian market-spec right-hand driver versions. Expect the EVs like Model 3 and Model Y to reach Indian shores.
Interestingly, this news comes immediately on the heels of the report that Tesla is sending a team to India in the third week of April to scout for locations to set up its manufacturing facility in the country. The OEM is reportedly planning to set up its India plant with an investment of about $3 billion.
The report stated that Tesla is working on its India plan in two dimensions, export and manufacturing dimensions. This comes after the Indian government announced its new EV policy in March this year, in which the customs duties for importing electric cars were reduced to boost electric mobility in India as well as local manufacturing. Also, this policy mandated that the OEMs could enjoy lower customs duty only if they set up manufacturing facilities in India with a certain level of investment. The Indian government linked the policy to a simultaneous manufacturing investment commitment above a certain threshold, within a specified period, and with a strong localisation of the supply chain as well.
In November 2023, it was reported that Tesla was working on its proposed most affordable car, which is likely to be a two-door sedan or SUV, which is specially focused on the Indian market. This affordable EV is meant to debut in Germany and India will be the second market for the car. This electric car is meant to be manufactured in Giga Berlin only. However, with the Indian market in focus, it will be later produced in Tesla’s intended India manufacturing plant as well.
Tesla is reportedly considering Gujarat, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu for its intended India manufacturing plant site, primarily because these are coastal states with major ports, which will allow Tesla to export the cars produced locally in the country to overseas markets. The report further stated that Tesla will possibly make the largest foreign direct investment in India, including a direct and immediate investment of $3 billion to produce its most affordable new small car. Besides that, there would be a $10 billion commitment from its other partners to support this manufacturing ecosystem in the country, and a cumulative $15 billion in the battery industry ecosystem as well.
One of China’s largest technology conglomerates Xiaomi could reveal its first electric car by the end of this year, CarScoops reported. The long-awaited electric vehicle received government approval for production last month, though its first images were leaked online in January this year. The company had first announced its plans to produce an EV about two years ago.
By: HT Auto Desk | Updated on: 12 Sep 2023, 17:51 PM
Xiaomi’s first electric car appears to be influenced by the design of BYD Seal showcased at the Auto Expo 2023.
The EV has been codenamed MS11 and is called Xiaomi Modena by local media reporters China. As per Car News China, the trial production of the car started last month at a factory in Beijing and the facility is said to be building roughly 50 prototypes each week. Xiaomi is said to be on schedule to receive approval from China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) in the coming month or two. Once this approval comes through, it will be able to start selling its electric car.
Once launched, the Xiaomi Modena will rival vehicles such as TeslaModel 3 and BYD Seal with a local starting pricing in the region of 200,000 yuan ($27,400). As per the car’s leaked images, its exterior design is constituted of large LED headlights and relatively simple front bumper. Xiaomi’s first EV is also expected to get flush door handles, a roof-mounted LiDAR, and a panoramic glass roof just like what is found on the Tesla Model 3.
Expect the electric car to come with a massive 101 kWh ternary battery and an 800-volt electrical architecture. It could be able to travel up to 800 kilometres or 497 miles on a single charge. It will be equipped with a self-developed electric motor while its batteries will be provided by CATL and BYD.
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Self-driving capability is central to Tesla’s financial future, according to Musk, whose own reputation as an engineering leader is being challenged with allegations by plaintiffs in one of two lawsuits that he personally leads the group behind technology that failed. Wins by Tesla could raise confidence and sales for the software, which costs up to $15,000 per vehicle.
Tesla faces two trials in quick succession, with more to follow. The first, scheduled for mid-September in a California state court, is a civil lawsuit containing allegations that the Autopilot system caused owner Micah Lee’s Model 3 to suddenly veer off a highway east of Los Angeles at 65 miles per hour, strike a palm tree and burst into flames, all in the span of seconds.
The 2019 crash, which has not been previously reported, killed Lee and seriously injured his two passengers, including a then-8-year old boy who was disemboweled. The lawsuit, filed against Tesla by the passengers and Lee’s estate, accuses Tesla of knowing that Autopilot and other safety systems were defective when it sold the car.
Musk ‘de facto leader of Autopilot team
File photo of Tesla CEO Elon Musk. (REUTERS)
The second trial, set for early October in a Florida state court, arose out of a 2019 crash north of Miami where owner Stephen Banner’s Model 3 drove under the trailer of an 18-wheeler big rig truck that had pulled into the road, shearing off the Tesla’s roof and killing Banner. Autopilot failed to brake, steer or do anything to avoid the collision, according to the lawsuit filed by Banner’s wife.
Tesla denied liability for both accidents, blamed driver error and said Autopilot is safe when monitored by humans. Tesla said in court documents that drivers must pay attention to the road and keep their hands on the steering wheel. “There are no self-driving cars on the road today,” the company said.
The civil proceedings will likely reveal new evidence about what Musk and other company officials knew about Autopilot’s capabilities – and any possible deficiencies. Banner’s attorneys, for instance, argue in a pretrial court filing that internal emails show Musk is the Autopilot team’s “de facto leader”.
Tesla and Musk did not respond to Reuters’ emailed questions for this article, but Musk has made no secret of his involvement in self-driving software engineering, often tweeting about his test-driving of a Tesla equipped with “Full Self-Driving” software. He has for years promised that Tesla would achieve self-driving capability only to miss his own targets.
Tesla won a bellwether trial in Los Angeles in April with a strategy of saying that it tells drivers that its technology requires human monitoring, despite the “Autopilot” and “Full Self-Driving” names. The case was about an accident where a Model S swerved into the curb and injured its driver, and jurors told Reuters after the verdict that they believed Tesla warned drivers about its system and driver distraction was to blame.
Stakes higher for Tesla
The stakes for Tesla are much higher in the September and October trials, the first of a series related to Autopilot this year and next, because people died.
“If Tesla backs up a lot of wins in these cases, I think they’re going to get more favorable settlements in other cases,” said Matthew Wansley, a former General Counsel of nuTonomy, an automated driving startup and Associate Professor of Law at Cardozo School of Law.
On the other hand, “a big loss for Tesla – especially with a big damages award” could “dramatically shape the narrative going forward,” said Bryant Walker Smith, a law professor at the University of South Carolina.
In court filings, the company has argued that Lee consumed alcohol before getting behind the wheel and that it is not clear whether Autopilot was on at the time of crash.
Jonathan Michaels, an attorney for the plaintiffs, declined to comment on Tesla’s specific arguments, but said “we’re fully aware of Tesla’s false claims including their shameful attempts to blame the victims for their known defective autopilot system.”
In the Florida case, Banner’s attorneys also filed a motion arguing punitive damages were warranted. The attorneys have deposed several Tesla executives and received internal documents from the company that they said show Musk and engineers were aware of, and did not fix, shortcomings.
In one deposition, former executive Christopher Moore testified there are limitations to Autopilot, saying it “is not designed to detect every possible hazard or every possible obstacle or vehicle that could be on the road,” according to a transcript reviewed by Reuters.
In 2016, a few months after a fatal accident where a Tesla crashed into a semi-trailer truck, Musk told reporters that the automaker was updating Autopilot with improved radar sensors that likely would have prevented the fatality.
But Adam (Nicklas) Gustafsson, a Tesla Autopilot systems engineer who investigated both accidents in Florida, said that in the almost three years between that 2016 crash and Banner’s accident, no changes were made to Autopilot’s systems to account for cross-traffic, according to court documents submitted by plaintiff lawyers.
The lawyers tried to blame the lack of change on Musk. “Elon Musk has acknowledged problems with the Tesla autopilot system not working properly,” according to plaintiffs’ documents. Former Autopilot engineer Richard Baverstock, who was also deposed, stated that “almost everything” he did at Tesla was done at the request of “Elon,” according to the documents.
Tesla filed an emergency motion in court late on Wednesday seeking to keep deposition transcripts of its employees and other documents secret. Banner’s attorney, Lake “Trey” Lytal III, said he would oppose the motion.
“The great thing about our judicial system is Billion Dollar Corporations can only keep secrets for so long,” he wrote in a text message.
Over the last few years, several Tesla electric cars have made headlines for reasons that were unexpected and at times, unpleasant. The latest addition to the list of antics performed by Tesla car owners is when an EV bashed through a wall and plunged into a swimming pool. The incident took place in Arizona when a homeowner found the Tesla barreled through his house’s concrete wall and took a dive in the backyard pool, reported AZFamily.
By: HT Auto Desk | Updated on: 06 Aug 2023, 15:10 PM
It is not confirmed if the Tesla EV plunged into the pool because of a driver’s error or some technical glitch. (Image: Youtube/AZFamily)
The report says that despite such a crash into the swimming pool, the Tesla EV’s driver survived without any injury. However, the same can’t be said of the car or the yard it crashed into. The report has further revealed that the police are still searching for the cause of the crash. It is not known if the mishap took place because of the driver’s error or some technical glitch in the car.
The affected homeowner, Joe Papineau, said that he thought that he’d heard an explosion. “I was sleeping in my bed when all of a sudden I hear this huge crash and big explosion,” he said to the local news station. Papineau also said he believes that the Tesla car was passing through the area when another car pulled out in front of him. In a desperate attempt to avoid the accident, the Tesla driver made an evasive manoeuvre but couldn’t recover in time to avoid crashing into the wall and ending in the pool.
The video that emerged online shows the Tesla car has received extensive damage including a demolished windshield. Its front profile got damaged severely. However, the driver reportedly escaped with only minor injuries. There was no other passenger in the car during the time of the accident, the report has further revealed.
