US EditionTesla Races Strange, Compact Model Y on Fremont Test Track: Affordable Model?
- A camouflaged Tesla Model Y prototype was spotted racing on a test track next to the Fremont factory in California in early June 2025.
- This event follows Tesla CEO Elon Musk canceling two cheaper vehicle projects to focus on producing new affordable models based on the existing Model 3/Y platform.
- The prototype is about 20 centimeters shorter than the current Model Y, features front and rear camouflage, and is believed to represent Tesla’s upcoming lower-cost version.
- Tesla CFO Vaibhav Taneja confirmed production of this more affordable Model Y is planned for June 2025 and noted that switching production lines caused several weeks of lost output.
- This development indicates Tesla aims to increase factory utilization and address economic uncertainty by launching a stripped-down Model Y in the first half of 2025.
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Drone Footage Shows What Appears to Be a Cheap Tesla Prototype Zooming Around a Test Track
A YouTuber flew a drone over Tesla's Fremont test track and saw what may be its new cheap model racing around it. As spotted by Teslarati, new flyover footage from an account that calls itself "Met God in Wildnerness" — which along with frequent Fremont flyovers also publishes what appear to be Christian missives in Chinese — there's a good chance that the disguised vehicle could be a prototype for Tesla's purported affordable model. "A disguise…
Tesla races strange, compact Model Y on Fremont Test Track: affordable model?
Tesla was racing a compact, short, and stocky Model Y with front and rear end covers around its Fremont Factory’s test track today, potentially giving us a look at the upcoming affordable model. On Thursday, Met God in the Wilderness on YouTube posted a flyover of the Fremont Factory, a weekly occurrence for the channel. This week’s video featured a smaller, more compact Model Y racing around the Test Track at Fremont, trailed by a Cybertruck: W…
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Smaller and lower cost Tesla EV spotted testing ahead of imminent launch
There has been another sighting of Tesla's upcoming lower cost electric SUV, this time at the company's test track in Fremont California. The post Smaller and lower cost Tesla EV spotted testing ahead of imminent launch appeared first on The Driven.
A camouflaged prototype has been spotted during testing at Tesla's Fremont, California, factory, sparking speculation that this could be a cheaper version of the current Model Y.
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