Musk promises a "Tesla" car at a price of 25 thousand dollars

The company "Tesla" announced a series of technical improvements that would reduce production costs in half, pledging to put an electric car on the market at a price not exceeding 25 thousand dollars within three years.

"How many years will it take to accelerate reliance on renewable energy sources? This is a measure of real success," said Group President Elon Musk, stressing the need to "act" in the face of climate change.

In this context, the investor expressed his "confidence" in the ability of the group to offer an electric car at a price of 25 thousand dollars soon, meaning that it will be cheaper by at least 10,000 dollars compared to the basic model that it currently sells.

Reaching this goal requires reducing the cost of batteries used in the manufacture of electric cars.

To this end, Tesla presented a technical proposal that includes a series of improvements in various stages of battery design: from visualization of cells, through the manufacturing chain and the use of silicon, to the metals used in manufacturing and incorporation techniques into the vehicle itself.

These improvements, announced by Musk at an event reported immediately after Tesla's annual general assembly, would reduce production costs by 56% per kilowatt-hour.

Because of the measures to combat "Covid-19", the event was held at an external location and the speakers took turns to speak from the podium in front of the contributors who came to participate in the event and remained behind the wheel in more than two hundred cars manufactured by "Tesla" that have been elaborately parked in a large parking lot.

Karl Brauer, analyst at IC Cars, said that Elon Musk "did not revolutionize the nature of the battery or the way it works, but it adopted a more effective method in producing the battery and producing energy and keeping it inside the battery."

He explained that the group presented "a series of small progress points on the design of the battery or the car," which allows "to reduce costs significantly and increase production speed and the distance it can travel.

He pointed out that the two most interesting things are the increased reliance on readily available silicone, and the use of the battery as a structural element in the car.

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