Tesla to fast-track cheaper new electric cars, due as soon as this year

It appears the Tesla small car is back on – but using less radical underpinnings – as the US car giant says it will take shortcuts to get cheaper new models in its showrooms as soon as this year.A smaller, more affordable Tesla electric car could be in US showrooms as soon as later this year – or early next year – CEO Elon Musk has revealed, amid reports the car giant had scrapped plans for an entry-level model.Tesla had been betting on a “next-generation” veh