The Tesla Mannequin 3 has reached a brand new top with regards to electrical vary, with a brand new marathon-ready variant launching within the UK.
The brand new Mannequin 3 Lengthy Vary rear-wheel drive (RWD) has landed within the UK with a claimed WLTP driving vary of 702km, greater than every other variant of the best-selling electrical sedan.
Solely examples shod with 18-inch wheels crack the 700km vary barrier, with the fitment of 19-inch wheels decreasing its driving vary to 641km – nonetheless higher than Lengthy Vary all-wheel drive (AWD), which might go 628km on a single cost.
For context, rivals such because the BYD Seal, Polestar 2 and Hyundai Ioniq 6 all declare beneath 660km of vary.
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It’s not but clear if Australia will even get the single-motor Lengthy Vary, although given we additionally obtain the Mannequin 3 from Shanghai – the place it’s constructed for right-hand drive markets – it’s doable it may come right here.
Tesla’s Australian Mannequin 3 lineup at the moment consists of the usual RWD, Lengthy Vary AWD and flagship Efficiency AWD.
Within the UK, the Mannequin 3 Lengthy Vary RWD begins at £44,990 (A$87,320), 12.5 per cent greater than the bottom RWD and 10 per cent lower than the Lengthy Vary AWD.
Primarily based on present Australian pricing, that would see the Lengthy Vary RWD arrive with a price ticket within the low-$60,000 vary, if it was to come back right here.
Along with a spread increase, the 2025 Mannequin 3 packs all of the contemporary package launched with the ‘Highland’ facelift, which arrived in Australia late final yr.
