{"id":349,"date":"2025-01-30T00:16:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T01:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sacueta.com\/?p=349"},"modified":"2025-01-30T13:55:46","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T13:55:46","slug":"tesla-confirms-new-affordable-models-with-next-gen-tech-for-first-half","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sacueta.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/30\/tesla-confirms-new-affordable-models-with-next-gen-tech-for-first-half\/","title":{"rendered":"Tesla Confirms New \u2018Affordable Models\u2019 With Next-Gen Tech For First Half"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/sacueta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Tesla-2025-Plabns-1024x576-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"margin-bottom: 15px\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<ul>\n<li>Tesla&rsquo;s new EVs will use parts from existing platforms and aspects of the next-gen platform.<\/li>\n<li>Prices haven&rsquo;t been confirmed but will likely sit around $30,000, undercutting the 3 and Y.<\/li>\n<li>In June, Tesla will launch a paid self-driving service in Austin and could expand it to other cities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/tag\/tesla\/\">Tesla<\/a> didn&rsquo;t have the best financial year in 2024, but during an earnings call today, it painted a rosier picture for 2025. The company promises to roll out more affordable EVs in the first half of the year while making major strides in its self-driving tech. It also highlighted a new milestone, as for the first time ever, Tesla has reduced the average cost of building its vehicles to below $35,000.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-placement\">\n<div id=\"82503191-e1d1-435a-874f-9c78a2a54a2f\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"0f7e3106-c4d6-4db4-8135-c508879a76f8\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\tvar adpushup = window.adpushup  = window.adpushup || {que:[]};<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tadpushup.que.push(function() {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tif (adpushup.config.platform !== &#8220;DESKTOP&#8221;){<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tadpushup.triggerAd(&#8220;0f7e3106-c4d6-4db4-8135-c508879a76f8&#8221;);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t} else {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tadpushup.triggerAd(&#8220;82503191-e1d1-435a-874f-9c78a2a54a2f&#8221;);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t}<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t});<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The numbers, however, tell a less celebratory story. For the first time in over a decade, Tesla&rsquo;s global sales dipped in 2024, and that decline was reflected in its earnings. The company posted $25.707 billion in revenue for Q4, well down on Wall Street expectations of $27.2 billion. Furthermore, Q4 net income dropped 71 percent to $2.3 billion.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/2025\/01\/teslas-global-sales-fall-for-the-first-time-in-over-a-decade\/\">Tesla&rsquo;s Global Sales Fall For The First Time In Over A Decade<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Overall, Tesla&rsquo;s profits took a hit in 2024, with net income dropping to $8.4 billion, marking a 23% drop from 2023 and an even steeper 40% decline from its record $14.1 billion profit in 2022. Still, total revenue for 2024 managed a slight uptick, reaching $97.7 billion, a modest 1% increase over the previous year&rsquo;s record.<\/p>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article-thumbnails-organic\"><\/div>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/TSLA-Q4-2024-Update-14-copy.jpg\" data-type=\"inarticle-image-block\"> <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<p>                    <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" src=\"\" alt=\" Tesla Confirms New &lsquo;Affordable Models&rsquo; With Next-Gen Tech For First Half\" width=\"2450\" height=\"1378\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/TSLA-Q4-2024-Update-14-copy-1024x576.jpg\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>        <\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/TSLA-Q4-2024-Update-27-copy.jpg\" data-type=\"inarticle-image-block\"> <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<p>                    <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" src=\"\" alt=\" Tesla Confirms New &lsquo;Affordable Models&rsquo; With Next-Gen Tech For First Half\" width=\"2450\" height=\"1378\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/TSLA-Q4-2024-Update-27-copy-1024x576.jpg\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><figcaption>Tesla<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>        <\/a>  <\/p>\n<p><strong>More Affordable Teslas<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The bigger news, though, is what Tesla has planned for 2025. In the first half of the year, it&rsquo;s set to launch &ldquo;<strong>more affordable<\/strong>&rdquo; models. Precise details about these models haven&rsquo;t been confirmed, although Tesla has been talking about them for quite some time.<\/p>\n<p>Speculation had been rife over the past year that these models could be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/2024\/04\/teslas-more-affordable-models-could-be-stripped-down-versions-of-model-3-and-model-y\/\">stripped-down versions of the Model 3 and Model Y<\/a>, but that doesn&rsquo;t appear to be the case from Tesla&rsquo;s wording. According to the carmaker, &ldquo;<strong>these vehicles will utilize aspects of the next generation platform as well as aspects of our current platforms and will be produced on the same manufacturing lines as our current vehicle line-up.<\/strong>&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Tesla-Model-Q.webp\" data-type=\"inarticle-image-block\"> <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<p>                    <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" src=\"\" alt=\" Tesla Confirms New &lsquo;Affordable Models&rsquo; With Next-Gen Tech For First Half\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1152\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Tesla-Model-Q-1024x576.webp\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><figcaption>Illustrations Jean Francois Hubert\/SB-Medien for Carscoops<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>        <\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>This leaves open the possibility of these base models potentially taking the form of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/2024\/12\/teslas-sub-30k-model-q-everything-you-need-to-know-from-the-deutsche-bank-report\/\">the recently rumored Model Q<\/a>. Again, this hasn&rsquo;t been confirmed, but pricing can be expected to start around the $30,000 mark, making them more affordable than the Model 3 and Model Y.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-placement\">\n<div id=\"9b1169d9-7a89-4971-a77f-1397f7588751\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"> <\/div>\n<div id=\"bb7964e9-07de-4b06-a83e-ead35079d53c\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"> <\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\tvar adpushup = window.adpushup  = window.adpushup || {que:[]};<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tadpushup.que.push(function() {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tif (adpushup.config.platform !== &#8220;DESKTOP&#8221;){<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tadpushup.triggerAd(&#8220;bb7964e9-07de-4b06-a83e-ead35079d53c&#8221;);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t} else {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tadpushup.triggerAd(&#8220;9b1169d9-7a89-4971-a77f-1397f7588751&#8221;);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t}<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t});<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Interestingly, Tesla said the approach of using parts of its next-gen platform and current platforms at existing production lines, &ldquo;will result in achieving less cost reduction than previously expected,&rdquo; but will allow the company to grow &ldquo;vehicle volumes in a more capex [capital expenditure] efficient manner during uncertain times.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tesla&rsquo;s Self-Driving Plans For 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There were some other titbits revealed during the earnings call. For starters, Elon Musk said that starting in June, Tesla will begin operating a paid, unsupervised Full-Self Driving service in Austin, Texas. He didn&rsquo;t say if vehicles used in this service will be owned by customers operated by Tesla directly, nor did he divulge any details about pricing. <\/p>\n<p>Musk is hopeful Tesla will be able to expand this service to other US cities towards the end of the year, but said it needs to prove the system&rsquo;s safety in Texas first and show regulators that its vehicles are safer in autonomous mode than not.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-placement\">\n<div id=\"e46c436a-adeb-4b5e-a2c7-56bc36561c10\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"> <\/div>\n<div id=\"b25ecba7-3bbb-4ea7-a3a8-dbea91695c07\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"> <\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\tvar adpushup = window.adpushup  = window.adpushup || {que:[]};<br \/>\n         \t\tadpushup.que.push(function() {<br \/>\n             \t\tif (adpushup.config.platform !== &#8220;DESKTOP&#8221;){<br \/>\n    \t\t\t\t\tadpushup.triggerAd(&#8220;b25ecba7-3bbb-4ea7-a3a8-dbea91695c07&#8221;);<br \/>\n             \t\t} else {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tadpushup.triggerAd(&#8220;e46c436a-adeb-4b5e-a2c7-56bc36561c10&#8221;);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t}<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t});<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/tag\/elon-musk\/\">Elon Musk<\/a> also claims Tesla has received interest from several car manufacturers about licensing its FSD system. In typical Musk fashion, however, he provided no other details.<\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Tesla-Autopilot-report-00.jpg\" data-type=\"inarticle-image-block\"> <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<p>                    <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" src=\"\" alt=\" Tesla Confirms New &lsquo;Affordable Models&rsquo; With Next-Gen Tech For First Half\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Tesla-Autopilot-report-00-1024x576.jpg\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>        <\/a>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tesla&rsquo;s new EVs will use parts from existing platforms and aspects of the next-gen platform. 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