Tesla plans to build next-generation electric vehicle platform in Austin

According to news on September 10, Tesla founder Elon Musk revealed some new details about Tesla’s future electric vehicle platform in his latest biography. According to Musk, Tesla plans to produce the next generation of electric vehicles at the Gigafactory in Mexico, but design engineers will implement operations close to the assembly process at the Gigafactory in Austin to get immediate feedback without relocating to Mexico.

Musk said: "Tesla's engineering needs to go online to be successful, and getting everyone to move to Mexico is never possible." Therefore, Tesla Ra decided to do design and engineering work at the Austin Gigafactory to improve production efficiency and quality. The Mexican Gigafactory will focus on producing Tesla's next-generation electric vehicles, while design engineers will remain in Austin to better coordinate and optimize the production process.

According to the editor’s understanding, Tesla’s next-generation electric vehicle platform will be closely related to the upcoming Robotaxi The EV platform shares a similar architectural design, inspired by the Cybertruck. The two electric vehicles are expected to feature similar designs and may even use the same assembly lines. One key difference, however, is that Robotaxi may not necessarily include a steering wheel, while passenger models will retain a traditional steering wheel design.

At an electric vehicle design review meeting in February this year, Tesla chief designer Franz von Holzhausen showed the design of the $25,000 model and the design of the Robotaxi. Musk is very excited about the future of the two models, saying at the conference: "When one of these cars goes around the corner, people will think they are seeing something from the future."

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