When Reuters reported in April that Tesla had scrapped plans for a long-promised, next-generation $25,000 electric vehicle, the automaker’s stock plunged. Chief Executive Elon Musk rushed to respond on X, his social-media network.

“Reuters is lying,” he posted, without elaborating. Tesla’s stock recovered some of its losses.

Six months later, Musk appears to have backed into an admission that Tesla dropped its plans for a human-driven $25,000 car. He said in an Oct. 23 earnings call that building the affordable EV would be "pointless” unless the car was fully autonomous.

  • SendMePhotos@lemmy.world
    35·
    25 days ago

    I so badly just want a tiny electric vehicle. I don’t travel much. Just need it to go around town and maybe a town over.

        • ripcord@lemmy.world
          1·
          24 days ago

          Get a couple year old one then.

          If you’re on a budget why would you be looking at brand new cars?

          • SendMePhotos@lemmy.world
            1·
            24 days ago

            China cars are like 3k-5k. I can afford that. Like even one of the China trucks is like 6k-7k or something. I don’t mind getting used, I just don’t want to spend 30k. Or really even above 10k.

    • ChowJeeBai@lemmy.world
      9·
      25 days ago

      Do you need windows? Renault has a couple of small ones, the Twizy and Zoe, in order of size. Dunno if they’re still available. Else in my country they have the BYD dolphin and Smart One Plus.

          • glimse@lemmy.world
            8·
            25 days ago

            Il not saying DON’T do vote in local elections but solves the problem…in a decade or two…and it requires buy-in from surrounding districts.

            It unfortunately does not address the short term needs of commuters

            • FireRetardant@lemmy.world
              3·
              24 days ago

              And if we never build it it will never address the needs of commuters. Your government doesn’t think twice about a new road or expanding an existing one but will delay transit for years.

              • glimse@lemmy.world
                4·
                24 days ago

                Sure, but it’s not a one-or-the-other thing. The best solution now is to get a cheap EV AND vote for public transit

              • nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com
                2·
                24 days ago

                Detroit in the 70s had more GDP than NYC and took that money right to congress. To this day giant automotive lobbies are the reason for not only legislation in the US but also city planning (or lack thereof) and the removal of public transport. To think getting a railroad is anywhere near as easy as a road is disregarding the influence of millions of dollars from people who would lose money if that rail was built.

                  • nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com
                    2·
                    24 days ago

                    No, you shold realize that in America one does not simply ‘vote for a railroad’ unless you have the money to contend with the auto industry. But we both know you understood this, so why feign ignorance to misrepresent it?

      • SendMePhotos@lemmy.world
        1·
        24 days ago

        I use a regular bicycle. The E bikes are like 1200 and I’d rather use that as a payment towards an electric vehicle.

        • Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io
          1·
          24 days ago

          Fair. Mostly I bike, but my town is pretty small. Two friends have an electric smart car, so I’ve heard stories about them. I came across a couple that runs a delivery service (mostly food) using small EVs. I forget what model.