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Tesla Project E41 Model Y Cost Reduction

Sector: Automotive • Location: China

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Tesla's Project E41 is a cut-down version of the Model Y designed to reduce the total cost by nearly 20%, initially for the Chinese market in 2026. The project includes cost-saving measures such as replacing vegan leather with textile seats, removing heated and cooled seats, eliminating the rear screen, simplifying ambient lighting, reducing acoustic glass usage, and scaling down the speaker syste

Status
Prospective
Sector
Automotive, Manufacturing (Industrial), Electric Vehicles (EVs)
Location
China
Updated
22 Jul 2026
Source
Not a Tesla App

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The project “Tesla Project E41 Model Y Cost Reduction” is an infrastructure initiative in the Automotive sector, located in China. Taiyo aggregates data on it from Not a Tesla App.

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Tesla's Project E41 is a cut-down version of the Model Y designed to reduce the total cost by nearly 20%, initially for the Chinese market in 2026. The project includes cost-saving measures such as replacing vegan leather with textile seats, removing heated and cooled seats, eliminating the rear screen, simplifying ambient lighting, reducing acoustic glass usage, and scaling down the speaker system.

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Automotive

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China

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Automotive, Manufacturing (Industrial), Electric Vehicles (EVs)

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2026-04-25

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