At a launch event organized at Tesla’s factory in Fremont, California, 30 lucky Tesla employees got to collect the first Model 3 vehicles.
Unlike the Teslas before it, the Model 3 is a car for the people. It’s not a fancy sports car and nor is it a luxury saloon. At $35,000 for the base model, the Model 3 is significantly cheaper than the Model S or the Model X, both of which were priced in the vicinity of $80,000 and $140,000 respectively.
US media were invited for a tour of the factory and to test drive the Model 3 for themselves. In general, they report that the car feels just as responsive as previous Tesla’s, but add that the interiors are more “spartan”. ArsTechnica describes the interior as having only a single screen in the dashboard and no separate heads-up display or instrument cluster. The Verge describes the car as “an exercise in minimalism”, a car that “wasn’t bland, nor sterile, nor cheap feeling.”
Clearly, fears that a drop in price would result in a drop in quality are unfounded. Read more....
Unlike the Teslas before it, the Model 3 is a car for the people. It’s not a fancy sports car and nor is it a luxury saloon. At $35,000 for the base model, the Model 3 is significantly cheaper than the Model S or the Model X, both of which were priced in the vicinity of $80,000 and $140,000 respectively.
US media were invited for a tour of the factory and to test drive the Model 3 for themselves. In general, they report that the car feels just as responsive as previous Tesla’s, but add that the interiors are more “spartan”. ArsTechnica describes the interior as having only a single screen in the dashboard and no separate heads-up display or instrument cluster. The Verge describes the car as “an exercise in minimalism”, a car that “wasn’t bland, nor sterile, nor cheap feeling.”
Clearly, fears that a drop in price would result in a drop in quality are unfounded. Read more....