Tesla Model Y and Model 3 Standard are cheaper, but they are still cheap

Almost two decades ago, CEO Elon Musk promised that Tesla will make an electric car at reasonable prices, as is the case for him Put In 2006, “help accelerate the shift from the economy of extracting and burning hydrocarbon materials to the economy of electric solar energy.” Is it finally here? Somewhat, somewhat.

On Tuesday, Tesla announced the new Y and Model 3 Standard, which are versions of famous SUVs and the sedan that were stripped of some high -end touches and features to reduce the price to $ 39,990 and $ 36,990, respectively. Both are cheaper with about $ 5,000 of distinctive versions, which is a long way – but not along the way – towards tax credit recovery of $ 7500 It was canceled by the Republican Party’s Congress last summer.

The price point also puts the latest Tesla models strongly in the “most affordable” electric car camp. The average price of the deal for electric cars was last month More than $ 57,000According to Kelly Blue Book.

But the new variables, which are very similar to the old versions of Y and S, may not be sufficient to convert new customers to the electrical side. “The market was demanding a cheaper electric car,” says Joseph Yun, consumers analyst at Edmunds. He says that the electric car, which is close to $ 30,000, has drawn the attention of some drivers who were skeptical in electric cars. This is especially true in the world of new car tariffs, where the price of any new car is expected to rise, regardless of how to supply it with fuel. Put a sign of thousands of dollars.

Yun doubts that price reduction by 10 percent is the biggest winner of Tesla. “Instead of repeating its products and improving them more feasible, what (Tesla) decided to do is to undermine itself almost a little,” Yoon says. For many years, it was the electric car industry company that determines the pace of the rest of the sector. He says this new alternative “looks like a classic step for the old car industry.”

To reduce a few thousand Y and 3 cost, Tesla made some cuts and folds, which led to its frustration, in automatic speaking.