He did not say that.
Question: Once CT is fully ramped in Austin what is the target production
Elon Answer: "We'll start production and handing over cars later this year, there will be an S-curve of production, and I guess we'll see what the demand is, we're likely to do a quarter million a...
You've said this before, but there's a reason why there isn't a 13 gallon F150 option. The lowest is 23 gallons and you can get 36 gallons (gas or diesel...until recently).
Which is why the battery needs to be larger for many to justify the purchase.
Not even beat...met, but I doubt it. Elon jokes about it all of the time in interviews. He's aware that his timelines are terrible and some don't ever come to fruition.
He was on a podcast talking about how they realized they needed 4 motors for it to perform really well off-road.
Then he's talked about the Plaid version; being the one he'll drive, being the coolest truck in the world, etc.
Some believe they may be forced to make a dual motor and wait for the 4680 to meet expectations to be able to hit 500 miles of range in a cost effective way.
Who knows?
I thought we'd know a little bit more at this point, but I guess that's part of the fun.
What changed?
They had no idea what it would take to manufacture it. Elon has said this numerous times over the years.
They also had plans for the 4680 to have this great energy density. They haven't come close to it in the MY AWD and Elon doesn't know when they will.
100% the prices are...
The most recent vehicles would be the MY AWD, Semi, Model S/X refresh which were slow starting and delayed.
Regardless, no they haven't said the battery size. If it's 100kwh, it will likely only have under 300 miles without towing, which would cause demand to drop significantly.
But when Elon...
A few things;
The original MY was not a complete redesign in manufacturing or design. It shares 75% of the components of the M3.
Isn't that the only thing Tesla has been on time for? Model S/X refresh, Semi, MY AWD, M3, etc were all terribly behind schedule.
Elon has already said this would be...