All the talk about the market not being able to survive at the current rate cuz of covid is thrown out the window when I see stuff like this.
When a Twitter user reached out to Tesla CEO Elon Musk on the platform Friday to note that the Model Y is too big for some cities in Europe, he asked whether the company would consider a smaller European-style hatchback.
"Probably a good one to design & engineer in Germany," Musk responded, implying the vehicle may be up for consideration for Tesla's product road map in Europe.
Tesla is currently building a factory in Berlin, Germany, where the company has said it plans to eventually produce both its Model 3 and Model Y. In its first-quarter shareholder letter, Tesla said it was on track to start the first Model Y deliveries of vehicles made from its new factory in Berlin in 2021.
Germany has the largest economy in Europe and the 4th largest GDP in the world. Plus France next door has the 7th largest with Italy 9th, to add those two countries as potential markets over there. The US can be stupid enough to cause the covid cases to keep rising and things to get worse, while these European countries are all out of the top 10 after being in the top 5, and have flattened their curve down. US losing money so Elon Musk and all the other businessmen like him are gonna go where the money at.