Speculation has been swirling around the automotive world over the last few days about a mysterious new prototype vehicle. It appears to have some Tesla design features, leading many to believe it could be a test mule for the upcoming new “Tesla Model 2” $25,000 electric car.
The vehicle has been spotted in China and images of it have been circulating online. It has clear Tesla design features, including the wheels, headlights and front-end, but it also appears to have a Mazda CX-30 body. This has led some to speculate that it is a strange modified CX-30 made to look like a Tesla prototype.
In 2020, Tesla announced plans to establish a new R&D center in China to build “a Chinese-style” electric car. The automaker started taking design submissions for its Chinese-made small electric car that summer and started hiring for the program shortly afterward. CEO Elon Musk said that it would be a Tesla car “designed and built in China”.
It is still unclear if this is a Tesla test mule for its next vehicle or something else entirely. It would be a departure from Tesla’s usual prototype-making to use a body from another automaker, but again it’s the first time it is developing a car in China. The CX-30 is also about the size Tesla would be going for with this new model.
At this point, it is impossible to know for sure what this prototype is. It could be a test mule for the upcoming Tesla Model 2 or it could be something else entirely. We will have to wait and see what Tesla reveals next week when it unveils its next-generation vehicle platform.
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