Tesla Model 3 pricing just changed again — what you need to know

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Tesla can't seem to make its heed upward about only how much the Model 3 should cost. As spotted by Electrek, the company has added an extra $500 to the price of its electric Sedan, pregnant prices for the Model 3 Standard Range Plus at present showtime at $38,490, not including the $1,200 destination charge.

The price modify coincides with a small-scale design change to the interior, as there is now a wooden door trim, every bit shown below.

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The $500 price increase also impacts the dual motor Long Range AWD, which jumps from $46,990 to $47,490. In add-on to offering a longer estimated travel range (353 miles, up from 263), it has a 5 mph higher top speed, and can do 0-60 mph in just 4.2 seconds – 1.ane seconds faster than the Standard Range Plus.

Tesla Model 3 wooden interior — (Image credit: Tesla)

The acme-of-the-line Performance model of the Tesla Model three gets an fifty-fifty bigger price increment, jumping by $1,000 from $55,990 to $56,990. You lot get a college 162 mph top speed and a 0-60 mph time of 3.i seconds. Plus, the Operation model justifies the higher toll of entry with its 20-inch Überturbine wheels, performance brakes, a carbon fiber spoiler, aluminum blend pedals and lowered suspension.

All of these prices go even higher if you desire anything but the default white glaze of paint, too. Buyers can await to pay an extra $i,000 for Solid Blackness, Midnight Silver Metallic or Deep Blueish Metallic, or an extra $2,000 for a Cerise Multi-Coat. An optional blackness-and-white interior adds another $1,000 to the bill, and if you want access to the Total Self-Driving beta with Tesla's Level 2 driver-assist tech, you're looking at a further $x,000.

It'southward not merely the Tesla Model 3 that sees toll adjustments in this shake up. The Tesla Model Y Long Range AWD sees a $500 jump from $49,990 to $l,490, though the Performance version remains static at $sixty,990. There's nevertheless no sign of the entry-level standard range model on the site, so information technology's unclear if the original $39,000 cost program remains in place.

Tesla has made no comment every bit to why the prices go along shifting, but information technology probable has something to practice with the worldwide shortage of semiconductor fries, which are impacting everything from PS5 stock to the likes of GM, Ford and Honda's production lines. That would also go some way to explaining the delivery time on all vehicles, which now stretches to an agonizing eight-12-weeks for the Model S, or vi-x week for the Model Y.

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