Similarly, pricing for the Model X SUV starts at about $98,000 but the smaller Model Y starts at just $47,000.Īdd to that the fact that, compared to most car models, the Model S and X are well past retirement age and it’s no surprise they make up such a small portion of Tesla’s annual sales, about 5% last year. Today, a Model 3 starts at about $40,000. The Models 3 and Y are simply much more affordable. But once the Model 3 and its SUV counterpart, the Model Y, came along, sales of the larger, much more expensive Teslas have faded dramatically. Production ramped up slowly, but by 2017, Tesla was selling more than 100,000 a year of the Model S and its SUV sibling, the Model X. Tesla designers took advantage of the compact nature of electric drive systems – no bulky engine and batteries that fit snugly into the floor – to create a car with such extraordinary spaciousness that it even had rear-facing seats in the back. The Model S had speed, comfort and technology that were simply unmatched in the industry. It was so good, Consumer Reports had to rethink its own rating scale because the Model S was literally off the charts. A decade ago, the Tesla Model S was MotorTrend’s Car of the Year and Consumer Reports hailed it as the best car it had ever tested.
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