AI illustration: Next-gen low-cost Tesla in production in 2H 2025 at Giga Texas
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Tesla's $25,000 car in production in 2025? missed

Elon Musk promised Tesla's next-generation low-cost car in production in the second half of 2025 by the end of 2025. The deadline passed and it didn't happen.

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“But our current schedule says that we will start production towards the end of 2025, so sometime in the second half. That's just what our current schedule says.”
— Elon Musk · Jan 24, 2024 · Tesla Q4 2023 earnings call, Jan 24 2024 (answering whether next-gen compact vehicles could come in 2025) ↗
What actually happened

No all-new low-cost Tesla platform began production in 2025. Tesla instead launched cheaper 'Standard' trims of the Model Y and Model 3 in October 2025 on existing lines. Cybercab, the next-gen platform's first product, began production at Giga Texas in 2026. TechCrunch, Oct 7 2025: Tesla reveals cheaper Standard Model 3 and Model Y ↗

The Progression

Jan 24, 2024
The promise: “But our current schedule says that we will start production towards the end of 2025, so sometime in the second half. That's just what our current schedule says.” · Tesla Q4 2023 earnings call, Jan 24 2024 (answering whether next-gen compact vehicles could come in 2025) ↗
Dec 31, 2025
Deadline passed. No all-new low-cost Tesla platform began production in 2025. Tesla instead launched cheaper 'Standard' trims of the Model Y and Model 3 in October 2025 on existing lines. Cybercab, the next-gen platform's first product, began production at Giga Texas in 2026. TechCrunch, Oct 7 2025: Tesla reveals cheaper Standard Model 3 and Model Y ↗
Today · Oct 12, 2026
Status: Missed · 285 days past due. Never happened.

On the January 2024 earnings call Elon Musk said Tesla's next-generation low-cost vehicle would start production at Giga Texas in the second half of 2025. No new low-cost platform reached production that year.

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