Elon Musk was recently reported to be talking about ways to save expenses, and his electric vehicle

Tesla is reportedly working on a brand-new platform, though, that hopes to cost half as little as the architecture

We're left to wonder if it has anything to do with the resurgence of the concept of bringing a compact,

 more reasonably priced Tesla EV to market after Elon addressed Tesla's production expenses.

Most likely, the Electric powerhouse will set the price of the vehicle around $30,000.

For a very long time, not just a few months ago, Tesla has had its eyes set on an affordable electric vehicle.

The plan was to start with what were essentially less expensive variants of the Tesla Model 3 and price it at or around $35,000.

Although Tesla says they did deliver automobiles to customers during its brief manufacturing run