MC3OZ
Active Member
It is likely cell, chip and other component constraints are providing an incentive to make higher margin vehicles at present. Also streamlining all aspects of production and delivery with the minimum amount of complexity.Have we discussed this here before? Tesla seems to mostly believe that all/most of their vehicles should be AWD. MS, MX, & MY in US is exclusively AWD. CT seems likely to me to only be offered in AWD. Is it simply profit? Single motor vehicles are (mostly) more efficient and have fewer parts, so they theoretically have a place in the mission.
When we think about the mission aim of 20 Million vehicles per year by 2030, IMO it seems easier to make more variants of existing models like Model 3/Y that it is to introduce lots of different models. So I think RWD options will come back in future, but not while demand for AWD exceeds supply, more likely when Tesla needs to introduce more options to tap additional demand.