Tech & Science cheap Tesla for normal earners? Elon Musk talks about cheap models of the electric car

The T in the Tesla logo does not stand for the brand name - this is actually behind it

© provided by Business Insider Germany Tesla Logo Store Humphery / Shutterstock Elon Musk is always happy to provide new surprises - even with the explanation What the logo of his well-known electric car brand actually stands for, he ensures a real “aha” moment for all Tesla fans.

Tesla today announced an upcoming ,000 electric car enabled by its new battery cell and coming within the next three years. Originally, CEO Elon Musk indicated that Tesla wouldn’t likely make a car for less than ,000.

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If you want a Tesla, you first have to be able to afford it. The cheapest car, the Model 3, currently costs an impressive 42,900 euros (list price). For an Model S or an Model X , not even 75,000 euros are enough. Means: Average earners have to save a lot to put a Tesla in the garage. Even then, it will probably not be enough for low earners. This also means: Tesla will initially be largely reserved for large earners. But there aren't that many of them.

Tesla boss Elon Musk has recognized the problem. And promises improvement. "It is important to make the [Tesla] car affordable," he said on Wednesday in an interview with investors and analysts. He currently cares most that Tesla cars are not cheap enough. "We have to fix that."

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And how? Musk hinted when asked to work on a smaller car at a possibly cheaper price. He gave no further details. "I want to save that for new product launches," he said. But one could certainly assume that Tesla is working on a corresponding compact car. However, Tesla's current focus is on Cars 3 and Y and the Cybertruck commercial vehicle.

Tesla is doing well without a cheap car

Only recently Tesla lowered the price for its n Model Y in the USA. At the same time, the company abandoned the plan to produce a cheaper version of the car.

But even without a cheap car, Tesla is doing surprisingly well. This week, the e-car manufacturer from the US state of California announced its fourth quarterly profit in a row - despite the Corona crisis. Tesla generated a surplus of $ 104 million in the three months to the end of June. There had been a high loss in the previous year.

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The very first electric cars debuted in the early 1800s and began growing in popularity by the end of the century. But Henry Ford's mass-produced Model T debuted in 1908 and that, along with the invention of the electric starter for automobiles, quickly helped put an end to the early growth of

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Tesla's prospects are also likely to be good in Germany. Construction of the Gigafactory in Brandenburg's Grünheide is progressing . In addition, generous government premiums for electric cars are likely to further promote Tesla sales.

Note: A previous version of the article said Tesla made $ 104 billion in profit in the second quarter of 2020. The correct amount is, of course, $ 104 million.

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© Paul Hennessy, SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images Tesla boss Elon Musk 1/9 SLIDES © Tesla That Tesla talks about safety in the workplace, but does not remember holds.

"I was surprised at how much was said about safety and how little it was felt in practice," says a former project manager who left the company four years ago.

The ex-employee says that Tesla didn't care that the production tasks were ergonomically correct. For example, employees would have to bend down or stretch again and again to pick up parts.

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That would be much cheaper than any car Tesla has made so far. Musk has a history of sometimes Musk spent a large part of the evening talking about manufacturing, a topic he frequently Musk also outlined a new engineering structure for future Tesla cars in which the front and rear framework

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2/9 SLIDES © Reuters / Noah Berger How much the employees worship Elon Musk.

A former production employee who worked for the company for ten years says he was surprised at how his colleagues felt about Elon Musk.

"When he passed us, people bowed," says the ex-employee. “That surprised me.”

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3/9 SLIDES © 60 Minutes How often Elon Musk is present.

A former engineer who left the company two years ago was surprised at how often he saw or spoke to Elon Musk.

"He takes care of everything," he says. “I've never seen a manager like this at any other company. I had never been so close to a manager before. I talked to him so often, had meetings and was regularly asked for my opinion. ”

4/9 SLIDES © Joe Skipper / Reuters How quickly everything changes.

"I was most surprised at how quickly things change," says a former delivery employee who left the company earlier this year.

The employee was initially hired for the energy department, but moved to the solar product division shortly after completing his apprenticeship and was then transferred to the automotive division.

Polestar 2 vs Tesla Model 3

Polestar 2 vs Tesla Model 3

ZINSPILOT: access to over 130 overnight deposits and time deposits display ZINSPILOT The slide show is continued on the next slide How unusual service technicians are paid.

A former service technician who left the company earlier this year says he liked that Tesla paid him and his colleagues an hour, not an order. Because that allows the technicians to make customers happy instead of doing unnecessary repairs.

“When I started at Tesla, I was very happy that the company paid us hourly because they wanted the cars to be treated properly the first time,” he says.

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5/9 IMAGES © Tesla That Tesla is like a startup.

"It feels 100 percent like a startup environment and not like a $ 50 billion company," says a former delivery manager.

"We created a lot ourselves," he says.

6/9 SLIDES © Tesla How the electric cars are built at Tesla.

"I now know that I would never want a Tesla car," says a former production employee who left the company last year.

If he made a mistake when assembling a vehicle, he would not tell anyone about it because he did not want to attract attention.

"Because I saw how we made cars, I would never buy one of them," he says.

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7/9 IMAGES © Tesla How old-fashioned the production processes are.

A vehicle manufacturing worker who still works there says he was surprised when he got in six years ago when Tesla put his Model S to manual labor.

"When I started, we built ten, 25 cars a day," he says. "We did a lot by hand."

Since then, the production numbers have increased massively. In 2013 the company delivered 22,477 cars, compared to 245,240 last year.

8/9 SLIDES © Noah Berger / Reuters How great the cars are.

"There is no day when my Model X doesn't make me smile," says a Tesla seller. "I've never loved a car as much as my Tesla, and I've never felt the urge to recommend a car to other people so strongly."

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