According to foreign media reports, Martin Viecha, Tesla’s head of investor relations, revealed that in 2017 Tesla’s cost of producing each car was $84,000, but in recent quarters, it has dropped to $36,000.
Martin Viecha also revealed that the cost reduction is not all due to the reduction in battery costs, but also the result of continuous optimization of the vehicle design to simplify production as much as possible. The introduction of a factory specially designed for the production of electric vehicles has also played an important role in reducing costs. effect.
Judging from the mass production of Tesla’s electric vehicles, their average production cost has dropped from US$84,000 in 2017 to US$36,000, which is significantly different from the Model 3 and Model Y. relation.