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- Tesla has lowered the price of its Model 3 to $42,900. Elon Musk said via Twitter on Wednesday that the vehicle comes to $35,000 after tax credits and fuel savings.
- It's one step closer to the originally promised base price of $35,000 before any kind of credit and fuel savings.
- In January, a tax credit available to Tesla buyers was cut in half to $3,750 from $7,500.
Tesla has lowered the price of the Model 3 to $42,900 - or $35,000 after tax credits - CEO Elon Musk announced early Wednesday.
It's still not the base-model price point originally announced by Tesla when it first unveiled the Model 3, but is a step in that direction. The standard battery is still four to six months away, according to the company's website.
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"We're doing everything we can to get there," Musk tweeted about the $35,000 base price without credits. "It's a super hard grind."
In January, the tax credit available to Tesla buyers was slashed in half, from $7,500 to $3,750, after it passed the program's threshold of 200,000 vehicles sold.
Earlier in February, Tesla announced that it had launched the Model 3 in China, where it is in the process of building a second Gigafactory. It also said a cheaper version of the Model 3 was on the way for Chinese buyers.
Shares of Tesla sank about 0.6% in early trading Wednesday after closing up 2.7% on Tuesday.
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We're doing everything we can to get there. It's a super hard grind.
- Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 6, 2019