The entry-level Tesla Mannequin 3 RWD has acquired a bump in vary for no extra cash.
It now has a claimed electrical driving vary of 520km (WLTP) because of the fitment of the identical 62.5kWh lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery from CATL supplied within the Tesla Mannequin Y RWD.
It compares to the earlier 60kWh battery’s 513km WLTP claimed vary, with the additional seven kilometres sufficient to get you from central Sydney to Bondi Seashore.
The advance brings no improve to its $54,900 earlier than on-road prices worth, whereas it makes use of the identical 208kW/350Nm rear-axle motor. This offers it a claimed 0-100km/h time of 6.1 seconds.
No different modifications have been made to the Mannequin 3 lineup – Australia’s second-best promoting electrical automobile in 2024 after the Mannequin Y SUV – with the bigger battery commonplace in Australian-delivered autos constructed from early February 2025.
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The RWD stays essentially the most reasonably priced Mannequin 3 – and the most affordable Tesla in native showrooms – after worth cuts of greater than $5000 previously 12 months.
At $64,900 (earlier than on-roads) the Mannequin 3 Lengthy Vary AWD (all-wheel drive) is priced $10,000 above the RWD however brings an extended 629km WLTP vary courtesy of a bigger 79kWh nickel manganese cobalt battery (NMC), inserting it within the high 5 longest-range electrical autos in Australian showrooms.
The Polestar 3 Lengthy Vary Single Motor is the present vary chief domestically, with a 706km WLTP distance between recharges.
The Mannequin 3 lineup is topped by the Efficiency AWD, priced at $80,900 earlier than on-road prices and providing 528km of WLTP vary and a 0-100km/h time of three.1 seconds.
Regardless of remaining the best-selling electrical automobile model in Australia in 2024, Tesla gross sales in Australia fell 61.9 per cent within the first 4 months of 2025 in accordance with figures provided by the EV Council.
