Back in November, we told you Silicon Valley-based automaker Tesla Motors was planning an all-electric sedan to sell alongside its high-performance Tesla Roadster (pictured). In an interview with the Oakland Press, CEO Martin Eberhard shed some more light on the project.
Eberhard said his team is focused on Tesla ’s “White Star” program — a basic architecture that can be used to extend Tesla’s product range into sedan/crossover territory.
“We’re deep into the engineering on White Star and staffing up like crazy,” said Eberhard. “We’re looking to hire chassis engineers, body engineers and suspension engineers, not so much on the power plant.”
Eberhard said Tesla’s goal is to produce an American-made electric sedan or crossover that will sell for around $50,000 — significantly less than the $92,000 Lotus -built roadster.
