At this year's Beijing Auto Show, I didn't see Tesla's booth, but two days ago, Musk secretly visited China, but quietly made a big deal. The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers and the National Computer Network Emergency Technology Processing and Coordination Center issued the "Notice on the Testing of Four Safety Requirements for Automotive Data Processing", and Tesla's Shanghai Gigafactory met the requirements, which laid the foundation for the initial approval of FSD in China, which is said to be priced at 64,000 yuan in China.
Another good news is that Musk has officially announced that the new model Tesla Model 2 is expected to be launched on the market in 2025, and its internal code name is "Redwood", and it will be put into production in Mexico, Berlin and Shanghai Gigafactories in the future.
As the brand's new entry-level model, before this, in fact, the media has exposed the suspected camouflage spy photos of the new car, parked in the Tesla Berlin Gigafactory, compared with the Tesla Model 3 and Model Y parked next to it, the size of the new car is significantly smaller, but it will still use a similar fastback SUV styling design.
There is also news that the new car will adopt the shape of a hatchback, or the official information shall prevail. In addition, the new car may be built on a new generation platform, the cost of building the car is expected to drop by 50%, the body weight is 30% lighter than the Model 3, and the battery capacity is also a quarter smaller, but it is not yet known whether it will be equipped with CATL batteries.
However, the price of the new car will naturally attract the most attention, after all, it is the cheapest Tesla model, referring to the starting price of 231,900 yuan for the current Model 3, the price threshold of the new car should be in the range of more than 100,000 yuan, but the Tesla of 100,000 yuan may still need time.
Finally: compared with domestic new energy models, Tesla's biggest advantage now is the automatic driving function, and other technologies are basically standing still, of course, we are looking forward to the cheap Tesla.