Tesla working on electric SUV and four-door-coupe for 2015

Tesla has already confirmed that it is working on a new electric-sedan called the Tesla Model S. The Tesla Model S will enter production in 2010 with an expected 20,000 units to be built annually. Pricing for the sedan will start at $60,000. Tesla says the sedan should get 225 miles on a full charge.

What else is in the works? Well - around the same time Tesla confirmed the Model S, Chairman Elon Musk also confirmed that the company is working on an electric-car that will have a price tag of below $30,000.

What’s interesting is that Tesla will build both cars by itself. Currently the Tesla Roadster is built in collaboration with Lotus. The Tesla Model S however will be built by Tesla with no other automaker involved in the project. Tesla will be building its own platform and a new compact lithium-ion battery package.

The platform of the Model S sedan along with some new...
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t_bone - 8/19/2008 12:38:46 PM

+3 Boost

Will people really want an SUV when they find out the batteries give 100 miles less range than a sedan of the same interior room?

Actually I don't think I want the answer to that.

E36er - 8/19/2008 2:07:07 PM

+2 Boost

I thought their sedan was supposed to be under 30k not starting at 60k. 60k is M3 territory. Green attributes aside, it better be a really good sedan at that price.

Threepoint1415926 - 8/21/2008 5:24:45 PM

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"The Tesla Model S will enter production in 2010" That's awfully ambitious considering all indications point to that car not existing at the moment.