Tesla could also be shifting technique as soon as once more. Reuters reported that the corporate is engaged on a smaller and cheaper electrical SUV. This might be a model new automobile quite than a variant of the present Mannequin 3 or Mannequin Y, in keeping with the publication’s sources. The brand new EV would allegedly be about 14 toes lengthy, shorter than the 15.7-foot Mannequin Y. Reuters did not have particulars about whether or not this is able to be an autonomous automobile or a standard one, however one supply reportedly stated that Tesla is usually trying to supply a driverless choice in its automobile lineup.
The corporate had beforehand been engaged on a finances EV with a goal value of $25,000, however Tesla appeared to abandon that effort in 2024 to work on robotaxis. And as just lately as the beginning of 2026, Tesla discontinued two of its EV fashions so as to refocus the enterprise on robotics. Maybe the model felt it wanted to have an even bigger auto imprint after chopping the Mannequin S and X and relaunched the finances EV venture. Or maybe that is simply the most recent whim of the corporate’s management and it will not really come to go. We’ll have to attend and see.