Tesla Shakes Up Model 3 Lineup

But just weeks after opening orders for the base “Standard Range” version of its Model 3, Tesla appears to have killed off any dream of selling a car at the national average new car price of $35,000… apparently without producing a single one. Bundling Autopilot also raises the base price of its cars by $2,000, which would seem to increase the cost of the base Standard Range 3 from $35,000 to $37,000 (although Tesla doesn’t explicitly confirm this, only providing the example of the $37,500 Standard Plus price increasing to $39,500). According to Tesla, the more expensive”Standard Plus” trim level “sold at more than six times the rate of Standard, far exceeding our expectations,” and as a result the Standard Range version “will now be a software-limited version of the Standard Plus” with 10% less range and features like music streaming, live traffic and heated seats disabled.

Source: www.thedrive.com