A smaller and more affordable Model Y that's 20% cheaper to produce was initially planned to be released in the first half of this year

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The company is working on a cheaper Model Y that will initially be made in the US, codenamed E41, but the start of production has been delayed, Reuters reports. Tesla apparently wants to make 250,000 of these vehicles in the US in 2026.