Not sure where you get this from, they have been selling the 35k Model 3 for quite a while now...
From memory, Musk himself set the $35k price back in early 2017, via a tweet?. It was not something set by the market. But as it worked out, after huge preorders were taken (with $1000 deposits being handed over) only the pricier $44K++ variants were actually being delivered.... because Tesla must prioritise the more profitable models if it was to survive (according to another Musk tweet)... I think some $35K cars started to be dribbled out in low numbers some time in mid/late? 2019? but the push was to upsell people. Those costlier variants were the bulk of deliveries. For the most part, customers were compliant which highlights how Tesla is revered by its fans. However, this was not a criticism of Tesla, just fact AIUI..
Much of this was in the US and other press back in early 2018 so it’s not made up stuff... here’s just
one example but you can google and find more 2017-2019 press articles on such.... However, this missed goal is in an of itself is not a black mark against Tesla,... they were pushing the technological and commercial envelope and many customers wanted to be part of it as they see it as a game changer.... The problem is for other manufacturers as Tesla has a leg up on all of them... But like anything time will tell what their ultimate success will be (Tesla and the others)...
As to any Musk tweets and what new $25K price goals he sets, he pushes the envelope and expects breakthroughs will occur... all the luck to Tesla as eventually they will achieve their goals and set the bar for others to follow... They’ll probably achieve their goals late but achieve them they will before others... After all who would have thought a bunch of techno car geeks with little to no motor vehicle mass manufacturing expertise would be the leaders inEV’s
Musk did
Who would have thought one could make a rocket take off and land vertically
Musk did
I think much will change as EV’s are just so much better for most use cases... and with battery tech improvements it will cover 100% of use cases... but that’s a while away yet... Who knows, Musk will then probably want another challenge and start a flying electric car offshoot of Tesla if he isn’t indicted for securities over tweeting
Then the next big opportunity with driverless EV’s, which is further away, is that they’ll get to the point where they never crash. At some point it will be that driverless EV’s can be made much much cheaper/simpler body structure as they won’t have to meet crash testing which will become a thing of the past
In case it’s not clear, I’m a fan of EV’s and those naysayers are much like those old mechanics I knew that thought fuel injection was the worst thing ever done to a car... today’s mechanics will equally hate these fandangled electronic things with wires, computers and nothing that looks like a real motor. Bing it on I say...
Can’t wait for the driverless car trailer I can book via my phone. When it arrives I simply drive the vintage beast onto it and have it take me to the track for a blast of the past