Tesla has informed suppliers that it wants to start production of a new mass-market electric vehicle, codenamed “Redwood,” sometime in mid-2025. This was reported byTwo of the sources told the news agency that the planned model was a compact crossover, which falls in line with the body-style of the affordable vehicle that the electric automaker was rumoured to be planning a few years ago.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has long whetted fans’ and investors’ appetites for affordable EVs built on next-generation, cheaper electric car platforms. In 2018, he revealed that the automaker could be making more affordable cars thatWhile the timeline has moved along, it looks like the shelved plans are being resurrected, if what the sources say are correct.
According to the sources, Tesla sent “requests for quotes,” or an invitation for bids, for the “Redwood” model, to suppliers last year, forecasting a weekly production volume of 10,000 vehicles. Production would begin in June 2025, three of the sources toldAnthony Lim believes that nothing is better than a good smoke and a car with character, with good handling aspects being top of the prize heap.