Tesla handed over the first 30 versions of its Model 3 electric car to employee buyers, officially launching the company’s first car geared toward the mass market.
At a starting price of $35,000 before tax incentives, the compact car is suddenly within reach for many American families, although the price escalates quickly after adding options.
The initial version will cost $44,000 before the standard model is available later this year.
“The whole point of Tesla was to build a great affordable electric car,” CEO Elon Musk said Friday night at an event outside the company’s factory in Fremont, Calif. “That’s what this day means. I’m confident it’ll be the best car in its class, gasoline or not, hands down.”
Here are five surprises we learned about the Model 3:
Color costs extra. If you want the Model 3 in anything but black, you’ll have to pay $1,000 extra. Although many automakers offer special paint at a premium, most offer a choice of standard colors at no extra charge. Not so with this car.
The optional color upgrades are Midnight Silver Metallic, Deep Blue Metallic, Silver Metallic, Pearl White Multi-Coat and Red Multi-Coat.
The longer-range version costs less per mile. Tesla is offering a 310-mile-range version of the Model 3 for a $9,000 upgrade.
While that sounds like a lot, the price is less per mile of range. At 310 miles and a base price of $44,000, the higher-range version costs $142 per mile. With a range of 220 miles and a price of $35,000, the standard version costs $159 per mile.
Buyers might not get it until 2019. While Tesla continues to maintain on its website that new orders could be delivered as soon as “mid 2018,” the company now acknowledges that it could take as many as 18 months. That could bleed into 2019.
Foreign markets have to wait. People living outside of the U.S. won’t get left-hand-drive versions of the Model 3 until at least the second half of 2018, even if they ordered early. Production of the right-hand-drive Model 3 won’t even start until 2019.
A performance version is coming in summer 2018. Musk said early Sunday on Twitter that a high-speed version of the Model is “probably” coming by the “middle of next year.”
But the company must first focus on ramping up production of the current versions, which means “getting out of Model 3 production hell,” he said. The early days of manufacturing a new vehicle are challenge for any automaker, requiring a slow increase in production speed while workers get used to the new process.
近日，特斯拉公司将首批生产的30辆Model 3交付给来自公司内部的员工买家，正式宣布了这款新发布的电动汽车进入量产市场。
虽然选装各项配置会让价格剧增，但不得不承认的是这款紧凑级别的电动汽车以3.5万美元的起售价（不包含购置税奖励）使得更多的美国家庭可以负担的起。
另外，目前只有起售价为4.4万美元的车型有售，而标配版要在今年年末才开售。
特斯拉CEO埃隆·马斯克在公司位于加利福尼亚州菲蒙市制造厂举办的发布会上称：“特斯拉一直以来都致力于生产更加大众化的产品，这一天终于到来了。我们相信，Model 3将成为这个级别里包括燃油在内最好的产品。”
以下是关于Model 3不可忽略的五大“惊喜”：
颜色加价。如果你想购买除了黑色以外的任何颜色，你必须额外付1000美元。虽然按照惯例，汽车厂商除了推出限量版的颜色外，还会免费提供其他几种颜色选择，而Model 3这种方式还是首创。
目前可供选择的颜色升级有琥珀银、深海蓝、冷光银、珍珠白和中国红。
续航越长的车型每公里费用越低。目前，Model 3提供的是310英里续航的版本并且可以选择额外支付9000美元进行续航升级。
这也就意味着续航越长，售价越高，而平摊到每英里的花费则会降低。比如目前310英里版本的车型起售价为4.4万美元，每英里的花费为142美元，相比之下，续航为220英里的标配版起售价为3.5万美元，每公里花费为159美元。
订购者预计等到2019年提车。虽然特斯拉在官网称，保证新订单将在“2018年中期”交付，但目前特斯拉称新车交付可能要等18个月之久，很有可能要等到2019年。
外国市场要等待更长时间。无论预订日期早晚，除美国本土外的订购者要排在国内订购者之后，据称海外发行的左舵版本可能要等到2018年的下半年交付，而右舵版本则到2019年才开始生产。
另一款高性能车型将在2018年夏季发布。马斯克周日在Twitter上称，“预计”特斯拉将在“明年中期”发布一款高性能车型。
但是，目前特斯拉的首要任务是提高产能，全力生产目前的Model 3车型，早日让Model 3脱离产能难题。马斯克还曾表示，量产新车型的起步阶段对于制造厂来说十分关键，因为在工人熟悉新的组装工艺的过程中要严格控制产量的稳步上升。
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