Posted on 01/19/2018 1:43:57 PM PST by Red Badger
That's for the long-range model, which costs significantly more than the $35,000 base model.
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It's hard to say what we really know about the Tesla Model 3. Outside of Motor Trend, no serious outlet of automotive journalism has reviewed one, and with just 260 examples built in the last quarter, even reservation holders have no idea what their car is like.
At least we know how far it'll go on a charge: 310 miles, according to the EPA.
The Verge first discovered the official EPA rating for the new Model 3, which gave the all-electric sedan a rating of 131 MPGe city, 120 highway, for a combined rating of 126. We should point out that these range and efficiency ratings are for a Model 3 Long Range, which starts at $44,000. The EPA-certified range claim lines up nearly exactly with what Tesla promised the Long Range variant would do.
How far will you be able to drive in your base-model $35,000 Model 3? No numbers from the EPA yet, but Tesla said the non-Long Range version would have just 220 miles of range. So far, it seems, of the small handful of Model 3s that have been built, all are Long Range examples. Tesla doesn't plan to start building standard versions until 2018.
Correction, nobody can buy because they can’t produce them
Name ANY car that has over 400k people putting money on the table to reserve the car before it is built!
How many will still be living when it is built and delivered?
Anythin that could go 270/300 miles, A/C or heat on no matter what would be usable by me.
But that last 50 miles is sloooowwww.
We are not keeping our F150. We are trading it in on a new one!!
You are so correct, especially the any weather part.
That's the old Soviet model.
You are so funny - maybe you could be a left wing comedian....
Wonder how far it will go in August in Georgia?
No joke. The cars are still being essentially hand-made but somehow they’re going to produce 50,000 this year. Bottom line: if you put money down on this car expecting to get one and you’re not Bill Gates, you are DUMB.
Yeah, I took a look at their stock price. It’s down to $350 right now from a high of $389 in September 2017. So now I know who NOT to go to for stock advice.
I didn’t advise you to buy last September.
There have only been a few hundred Tesla 3s delivered, and they are all in the $60k range. The $40k ones promised will not begin delivery until 2019 at the soonest.
Every Tesla is a nice car, but in its price range is not outstanding by any means, and now or will soon face equally competent EV competitors from major brands.
with a wind at their back.................
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