OREANDA-NEWS. The company Tesla revealed in California the long-awaited "budget" electric vehicle for the mass market - Tesla Model 3. Founder of company Elon Musk said that in US this electric car will cost 27,500 dollars, with taking into account the federal tax deduction of $ 7,500. Thus, the electric vehicle in the base costs at least 35 thousand dollars, but it's half the price of other models Tesla - Roadster, Model S and ModelX, wrote the newspaper "Vedomosti".

According to the tradition of Tesla, Model 3 – is a dynamic electric car: even the base version accelerates to 100 km / h in six seconds. "At Tesla we do not produce slow cars", - Mr. Musk boasted at the presentation. Run of car at full electric charge – is 345 km (215 miles). Observers noted the harmonious appearance of Model 3. Even in the base version the electric car has received the autopilot and in more advanced versions there is the option of "fast charging" - 270 km for half an hour. Deliveries will begin in 2017.

Model 3 – is not the first mass electric car for 30 thousand dollars in the world with the power reserve for more than 200 miles: the first was presented Chevrolet Bolt, but the wow-factor of Tesla cannot be overestimated. "Before the moment when Elon Musk took the ashes away from the vehicle, it was made 115 thousand of pre-orders for it - that is more than 100 thousand people paid $ 1,000 for a car that they have not even seen. After the presentation, the number of pre-orders has exceeded 130 thousand.

Tesla Model 3 will be the most popular model of the company that has used its excessive profits from its luxury electric vehicles on its development. "We say 'thank you' to customers of Model S and Model X - they helped to pay for the Model 3", - said Elon Musk at the presentation.

According to the agency "AUTOSTAT", as of January 1st, 2016 there are registered 152 Tesla vehicles in Russia. At the same time in 2015, sales of electric cars Tesla in Russia fell by 29.3% to 58 units.