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It was marketed as a $35,000 car, and never sold as such. First editions were all more expensive (long range or dual motor, I forget which)

by bagels 3y ago

resolutebat 3y ago
It was exactly $35k in 2019, and even today, despite massive inflation in the five years since, the base model is just under $39k. https://www.tesla.com/blog/35000-tesla-model-3-available-now https://www.tesla.com/blog/35000-tesla-model-3-available-now
- Retric 3y ago
  It was available online at that price for 43 days February 28, 2019 to April 12, 2019. So, sure they sold a handful of cars at that price point, but only as a face saving measure not actually in bulk. Todays 39k cough 40k if you don’t want black, is viable due to battery prices falling dramatically over the 6 years since they started selling the car not them actually hitting the stated goal.
cloutchaser 3y ago
They did. Then they stopped. https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/16/21569524/tesla-model-3-35000-price-stop-selling https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/16/21569524/tesla-model-3-3... The model 3 is still the 7th most sold car in 2022. Is a car company not allowed to raise prices? Like what standard are you holding tesla to? If they can sell a tesla for $42k, why sell it for $35k? Because Elon said so in 2015? That's ridiculous, its just not how markets or companies work. And they DID sell it for $35,000, for a while. So Elon didn't even lie. Absolutely ridiculous the mental gymnastics some people will go to to hate the guy. Insane.
- bagels 3y ago
  They sold it for a few days at that price a few years after the car launched. I tried to buy one for that price. They said no. Of course they can raise prices, but they can also lie about what price the car will be sold at in the future. I later bought one for more than 35k. There are no mental gymnastics. Musk said I could buy one at a specific price. Tesla would not sell it to me at that price.

It was marketed as a $35,000 car, and never sold as such. First editions were all more expensive (long range or dual motor, I forget which)

by bagels 3y ago

It was marketed as a $35,000 car, and never sold as such. First editions were all more expensive (long range or dual motor, I forget which)

resolutebat 3y ago

It was exactly $35k in 2019, and even today, despite massive inflation in the five years since, the base model is just under $39k. https://www.tesla.com/blog/35000-tesla-model-3-available-now https://www.tesla.com/blog/35000-tesla-model-3-available-now

Retric 3y ago
It was available online at that price for 43 days February 28, 2019 to April 12, 2019. So, sure they sold a handful of cars at that price point, but only as a face saving measure not actually in bulk. Todays 39k cough 40k if you don’t want black, is viable due to battery prices falling dramatically over the 6 years since they started selling the car not them actually hitting the stated goal.

cloutchaser 3y ago

They did. Then they stopped. https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/16/21569524/tesla-model-3-35000-price-stop-selling https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/16/21569524/tesla-model-3-3... The model 3 is still the 7th most sold car in 2022. Is a car company not allowed to raise prices? Like what standard are you holding tesla to? If they can sell a tesla for $42k, why sell it for $35k? Because Elon said so in 2015? That's ridiculous, its just not how markets or companies work. And they DID sell it for $35,000, for a while. So Elon didn't even lie. Absolutely ridiculous the mental gymnastics some people will go to to hate the guy. Insane.

bagels 3y ago
They sold it for a few days at that price a few years after the car launched. I tried to buy one for that price. They said no. Of course they can raise prices, but they can also lie about what price the car will be sold at in the future. I later bought one for more than 35k. There are no mental gymnastics. Musk said I could buy one at a specific price. Tesla would not sell it to me at that price.