LAST week's Tesla investors' briefing stopped short of confirming a much-anticipated smaller, cheaper model - but the EV brand announced several improvements in manufacturing that will play a large part in its arrival. Executives said that techniques learned about the Cybertruck's manufacturing would be used in the 'next-generation model'. These methods, which eschew the tried-and-tested vehicle production line process in favour of a more modular but parallel system, allow cost savings of up to 50 per cent, Tesla claims, along with a 40 per cent reduction in factory footprint.
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