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Tesla Model 3 Changes Price Once Again, Standard Range Plus Offers 10 More Miles

Tesla Model 3 configurator as of October 18th, 2019 25 photos
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It’s that time of the year again, and Tesla – as expected – changed the pricing for the Model 3. The Standard Range Plus with rear-wheel drive now offers 250 miles or range for $39,490 excluding potential savings of $8,675.
140 miles per hour and 5.3 seconds to 60 doesn’t sound bad at all at this price point, and here’s the deal. For an additional $500 over the previous price, the Standard Range Plus now features 10 more miles of range from a full charge, an increase of 4.1 percent over the 240 miles as it was the case beforehand.

The Standard Range RWD isn’t listed on the U.S. configurator, which leads us to believe that no changes were made to the entry-level version. Moving over to the Long Range AWD, pricing increases to $47,990 for the Premium Interior, 310 miles of range, 145 mph, and 4.4 seconds from zero to 60. In other words, only the acceleration has been improved by a tenth of a second.

Are you ready for the Model 3 Performance? The most expensive version of the mid-sized electric sedan now costs $1,000 more, retailing at $56,990 for 310 miles, 162 mph, and 3.2 seconds to 60. Other goodies worth mentioning about the all-whee-drive EV include track mode, aluminum-alloy pedals, lowered suspension, carbon-fiber spoiler, and performance braking system.

Wheel sizes range from 18 to 20 inches, starting with the Aero design and topping with the Performance. Five colors soldier on for the 2020 model year, namely Pearl White, Solid Black, Midnight Silver, Deep Blue, and Red. The black-and-white interior theme is listed as “recommended” for the princely sum of $1,000 while the Autopilot Full Self-Driving Capability option promises two new functionalities. For $6,000, the system is capable to “recognize and respond to traffic lights and stop signs” and “automatic driving on city streets.”

If you place an order now, the delivery is quoted at six to ten weeks for whichever version you fancy. Delivery was 2 weeks up until a few days ago, and worse still, can you imagine the face of an early adopter who paid around $45k for the Mid Range with rear-wheel drive? That rather expensive fellow used to top 260 miles with a full charge until Tesla pulled the plug in March 2019. Also worthy of note, the MR is slower than the SR+.
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About the author: Mircea Panait
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After a 1:43 scale model of a Ferrari 250 GTO sparked Mircea's interest for cars when he was a kid, an early internship at Top Gear sealed his career path. He's most interested in muscle cars and American trucks, but he takes a passing interest in quirky kei cars as well.
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