The Long-Range Tesla Model 3 is Finally Available Again

by Chris Teague

May 3rd, 2023 12:43 PM

the long range tesla model 3 is finally available again

Things change quickly at Tesla, including pricing and the models it sells. The automaker has listed a Model 3 long-range model on its site with a “coming soon” tag for a while, and buyers can now order the car after a several-month hiatus from the company’s catalog.

CEO Elon Musk cited the car’s extended wait list as the reason behind its disappearance last August. The car promises 325 miles on a charge and starts at $48,880, including shipping charges and the car comes standard with all-wheel drive. The Model 3 Performance remains the range-topper, bringing more power, different brakes, and a much higher price tag.

The Model 3 is eligible for federal tax credits, but the long-range model can only get $3,750 because of where its batteries are sourced and manufactured. New rules state that materials must come from a free-trade country, so the automaker likely sources the long-range car’s battery from an unapproved region.

Previously, the long-range car had a 358-mile range and a higher price tag, so the new car’s sub-$50,000 MSRP is welcome news for buyers. Tesla has lowered prices on all models this year, with the Model 3 seeing price cuts of more than ten percent since the beginning of the year. The Model 3 remains its cheapest model, but a smaller, lower-cost car is expected next year.

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Tassos 6 days ago

Ford announced its Q1 results a day ago, but the slowpokes at TTAC STILL have not reported them. If they did, you would see thst FOrd's BEV group, Ford E, whose margins were a dismally bad -40% in Q4 2022, managed to get MUCH WORSE, to a MIND BOGGLING -102% in Q1 2023.

ANd despite the above bleeding, Ford was forced by Tesla's continuing price cuts to ALSO Cut the Mach E sharply, up to $8,000. Maybe its margins will reach a new Negative 'record in Q2.

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- EBFlex 6 days ago
  
  EVs are nothing more than a boondoggle. Ford lost, on average, $60,000 on each EV sold.
  For the month of April, Ford's EV sales were horrendous. 1,606 fake Mustangs. That was down over 57% from April of 2022 and it's down over 33% for the year.
  The fake lightning sold only 1,335 units in April and only 5,626 for the year so far. But yet they tell us there is this crazy demand....sure there is.
  The stupid electric van sold an incredible 558 units for April and, so far this year, 1,726 total. That's an average of 431 units a month.
  Nobody wants these garbage vehicles.
  
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- Ravenuer 5 days ago
  
  I guess "nobody" doesn't include the 800,000 buyers of EVs last year. Oh well.
  
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- VoGhost 5 days ago
  
  Does boondoggle mean the most successful sedan in America?
  
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- Kendahl 5 days ago
  
  That's Ford's problem. I doubt Tesla loses money on any model.
  
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- Analoggrotto 5 days ago
  
  Tassos I just want you to know I'm sorry for all of those insults. You are the "T"s in TTAC.
  
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- Luke42 4 days ago
  
  My EV is the best vehicle I've ever owned, and by quote a lot!
  With my EV, driving is fun again!
  Driving gas cars just abuses my ears and my wallet. The last time I drove one, the startup procedure made my wonder if I should volunteer for my local vintage steam train museum. [Shrug]
  
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- EBFlex 4 days ago
  
  "Does boondoggle mean the most successful sedan in America?"
  That's a pretty empty title when nobody wants sedans.
  
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EBFlex 6 days ago

How long until either they discontinue it or suspend sales or raise prices significantly. My guess is within a month or two

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- SCE to AUX 5 days ago
  
  So what if that happens? It's just one trim level, and Model 3 sales and profits will continue climbing.
  
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- EBFlex 5 days ago
  
  Yeah. Sure they will.
  That’s why every other article I read is how Teslas inventory is piling up.
  
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- VoGhost 5 days ago
  
  There's a reason EBflex doesn't work at Tesla.
  
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- EBFlex 4 days ago
  
  "There's a reason EBflex doesn't work at Tesla."
  Oh please do elaborate. I haven't read your lies in a while.
  
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Master Baiter 5 days ago

So, Tesla's "$35,000 car" is now up to $49,000. Nice.

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- SCE to AUX 5 days ago
  This isn't the base car.
  The base car today is $40,240. That's $32,500 in 2017 dollars when it was available to buy. So it has become cheaper and better than before.
  This car is $47,240, not $49,000 ($38,100 in 2017 dollars).
  
  You and EBFlex seem to not understand the time value of money.
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- EBFlex 5 days ago
  
  “Lol it’s the inflation!” Get outta here with that nonsense. Point is they said a $35k Tesla and that never happened.
  
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- VoGhost 5 days ago
  
  Both wrong. Tesla did indeed sell a $35K Tesla. https://www.tesla.com/blog/35000-tesla-model-3-available-now
  Will you ever write anything factual? Ever?
  
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- Art Vandelay 4 days ago
  
  So it’s keeping pace with a loaf of bread then. Yes, stuff costs more. You’d think that as much as you clowns b!tch about inflation you’d realize that
  
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- EBFlex 4 days ago
  
  "Both wrong. Tesla did indeed sell a $35K Tesla."
  No. They didn't.
  
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- MaintenanceCosts 3 days ago
  
  In fact, they did. It was only available for a short time, and the buyers waited quite a long time for it, but they did sell a few base Model 3s at $35,000.
  
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- EBFlex 3 days ago
  
  In fact, they didn’t:
  ”Tesla never shipped any of those $35,000 Model 3s, though. Customers who placed orders saw their delivery windows get delayed by weeks or months, and some reported that Tesla salespeople tried to up-sell them to the Standard Range Plus in the meantime.”
  After three years of promises, cutting everything to the bone to try and make this fantasy work, they never delivered on that promise. It was “on sale” for all of about a month and a half. You Tesla people love to ignore reality but the fact is, the $35k Model 3 was far less successful than the 1948 Tucker Torpedo. At least those made it to customers hands.
  
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Dale Houston 5 days ago

Nice. The LR is the sweet spot for the Model 3.

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