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Beijing, March 1 (Xinhua)-- Tesla will unveil its "Secret Grand Plan Chapter 3" by holding an investor day at the Texas Super Factory on Wednesday. At the event, Tesla CEO Elon Musk (Elon Musk) is expected to announce the details of the new affordable electric vehicle.

Mr Musk may release details of affordable cars. Mr Musk has said it has been his "dream" to build an affordable car since joining Tesla. Although Tesla boosted the electric car market by launching high-end Model 3 and Model Y models, Musk failed to meet his goal of providing electric vehicles with attractive prices for the mass market.

"We are good at making the impossible happen later." He said at an event in February to celebrate the establishment of Tesla's engineering headquarters in Palo Alto, California.

Here is a summary of Musk's comments on affordable cars through a timeline:

In 2006, Musk unveiled his "Secret Plan Chapter one", claiming that he would produce affordable electric cars. To put it simply, the plan is to use the money earned to produce affordable cars, and then use the earned money to produce cars with more affordable prices.

2016

The Model 3 is now Tesla's cheapest model, Mr Musk said Tesla would launch the Model 3 electric sedan, which sold for $35000 before government incentives, by the end of 2017, but the version would only be available briefly from 2019. At present, Tesla's cheapest car after the recent price reduction is the standard continued version of the Model 3, which sells for $42990. Including a $7500 tax subsidy from the U. S. government, it sells for about $35000. The tax credit is likely to be halved from March, depending on the requirements for battery minerals.

Speaking at Battery Day in 2020, Mr Musk said he was "confident" that Tesla would produce a small, fully self-driving electric car priced at $25000 in about three years. At the time, he announced a plan to develop cheaper batteries. Despite Musk's repeated promises, his "self-driving taxi" did not become a reality. Tesla recently recalled more than 362000 American cars because of his fully autonomous driving (FSD) Beta test system. Earlier, US regulators said that the assisted driving system did not fully comply with traffic safety laws, which could lead to car accidents.

When asked by an investor about the $25000 model in January 2022, Mr Musk said Tesla did not develop the car. "frankly, we are busy enough and have too much to do," he said at the time. " The question, he said, "is actually a wrong question," and the most important thing is when the car can drive on its own.

Mr Musk said in October 2022 that Tesla was working on the next generation of cars, which could cost about half as much as the Model 3 and Y platforms. According to Tesla, the cost of each car by the end of 2021 will be 36000 US dollars.

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