Tesla unveils cheaper Model Y and 3
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Five years after referencing plans for a more affordable model, Tesla launched its cheaper trims with smaller batteries, fewer features and over 300 miles range.
Tesla has unveiled discount versions of the popular Model 3 sedan and Model Y SUV in the US, as the EV giant grapples with slowing sales and the expiration of a key US tax credit.
Known as the Model 3 and Y Standard trims, at $38,630 to start, the Model 3 Standard is now the least expensive Tesla you can buy ($5,500 less than the next cheapest model), while at $41,630, the Model Y Standard is $5,000 less than the next-step up Model Y. What was sacrificed to get to those bargain basement prices?
Tesla has just launched Standard version of Model 3 and Model Y in the United States with a starting price of $36,990 for Standard Rear-Wheel Drive Model 3 and $39,990 for Standard Rear-Wheel Drive Model Y.
Dennis Clotter dropped off his Tesla Model 3 for service and got a shiny new Model X loaner with only 700 miles, he's in love. "They can definitely keep that Model 3! I'm about to be a fugitive... I'm not giving it back.