Tesla has updated the Model 3 online configurator with some changes for the base version of the vehicle, the Model 3 Standard Range Plus, which is now listed with 10 more miles of range and is $500 more expensive.
Earlier this year, Tesla launched its base Model 3 for $35,000 – something that the company had been promising for years.
But things got increasingly complicated after the launch as Tesla removed the configuration from its website and made it more difficult to order the vehicle just a month later.
Instead, Tesla created a Model 3 ‘Standard Range Plus’ (SR+), which became the new base version on the online configurator at $38,990, and Tesla sold a software-locked version of the car at $35,000 for those ordering “off-the-menu”.
The Model 3 Standard Range Plus was listed with a range of 240 miles.
Today, Tesla updated its online configurator and the vehicle now has a 250-mile advertised range:
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