Monday 17 September 2012

Tesla reveal plans for 5 model range

As GreenCar reports on last week's Wired interview, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has already said that the will launch the Model X Crossover within the next year or so and that it will be built on the same basic understructure as the Model S all-electric sport sedan.

Now, Musk has announced that the company's third vehicle architecture - a smaller, less costly vehicle than those two models - will include not only a sedan, but also a smaller crossover and a sports car, bringing the Tesla line-up to five models.

The sedan is expected to be a 5 door hatchback roughly the size of a BMW 3-Series available in 2015 for around $30,000, perhaps similar to the BMW X3 crossover utility vehicle.

And the sports car  replaces Tesla's very first car, the 2008-2011 Roadster electric two-seat convertible.