Tesla: $25,000 China-Style EV Soon to be Built in Shanghai R&D Center

Tesla has been on the move to create its "Chinese-style" electric vehicle that would only have a starting price of $25,000 and to be manufactured in the soon completed Research and Development (R&D) center in Shanghai. It would be the first Tesla to be fully-designed by none other than the main division of Tesla, and would solely be from the Chinese factory.

The world has received and accepted the Chinese-made Model Y and Model 3, to alleviate the production demand of the most bought electric vehicles in the company, which initially debuted in Europe. One of the world's most popular electric vehicle and clean energy companies, Tesla, has turned to other facilities in other countries to answer production demands.

Tesla $25,000 EV in R&D Center Shanghai

While there is mostly no difference between the US-made and China-made Tesla electric vehicles (as they bore the same quality and engineering), the soon-to-release and cheapest EV in the lineup would be purely Chinese. From design, engineering, technology, etc., China would be in charge of the cheapest electric vehicle that Tesla would soon debut.

According to Electrek, Tesla would task its R&D Center in Shanghai, which would soon be completed, to design an electric vehicle that should be affordable and still capture the company's branding. This venture was initially a plan by Tesla, as it aims to give the world a cheap and affordable electric vehicle, with rumors saying that it would be a Model Y.

However, recent reports suggest that Tesla would be making a separate electric vehicle unit, also known as the "Model," and create an entirely new variant in the company's EV lineup. The Chinese R&D center is expected to be up and running by mid-year, meaning that it could debut the new $25,000 EV earliest in the next year.

Tesla: First R&D Center Outside US is in China

Elon Musk has a particular fascination in utilizing the areas and expertise of other countries to manufacture Tesla's electric vehicle for them, as he tasked Germany and China for Gigafactories. Now, the CEO is tasking another country to design, manufacture, and release an electric vehicle to the rest of the world.

According to Tesla's interview with Tom Zhu, Tesla China's President, the R&D Center would have more than 20 laboratories in the facility, meaning that it would be a massive facility to fast track the latest affordable EV. Moreover, the center would already cover every aspect of the vehicle from engineering, design, development, testing, etc.

Additionally, as full-blown research and development center, it would bring a new electric vehicle that would be birthed from there, meaning that from conceptualization and design, it would be done there. The manufacturing would only be given to Tesla's Gigafactory Shanghai who can fast track the vehicle production, ready for its wide release.

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Written by Isaiah Alonzo