Tesla Unveils Dual Motor and Performance Specs For Model 3

Rei writes: Yesterday evening, Elon Musk announced the pricing and specs for two of the Model 3's most in-demand options -- dual motor and performance versions. The base dual motor configuration adds an AC induction front motor to the current partial-PM reluctance rear motor for $5,000; in addition to AWD and allowing the car to drive with either motor out, this cuts the 0 to 60 mph acceleration time from 5.1 seconds to 4.5 seconds. The performance package is available as a bundle, including the long-range pack, premium interior, 20" wheels, carbon fiber spoiler, and a new black-and-white interior. The vehicle will cost $78,000; 0 to 60 mph times are further cut to 3.5 seconds and the top speed increases from 140 mph to 155 mph.

While these options have consistently polled as the most in-demand options not yet available, several still remain and are variously due late this year/early next year: cream interior, non-PUP, tow hitch, SR battery, and air suspension. EU-spec and China-spec are also due early next year. Production is currently over 3,500 per week, rumored to be 4,300 per week, and will be undergoing a shutdown from May 26-31 to raise production to the Q2 target of 5000-6000.

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Re:Run, Tesla. Run!

[LynnwoodRooster]

And? Toyota didn't build their first large factory over the past year and a half.

Neither did Tesla. They bought a fully-functional factory from Toyota and GM. And you would think after 10 years of "production" that Tesla would have a better idea about how to do it...

(It's also worth mentioning, as a lesser point, that Toyota's average vehicle sale price isn't $45k)

Yep! The average Toyota is closer to half that amount. And yet, Toyota consistently makes a profit whereas Tesla consistently loses money. I guess if you want to gamble the value of a warranty/support on a $50K+ vehicle on a company that doesn't know how to make a profit, you have quite a bit of money to fritter away!

Re:Run, Tesla. Run!

[Rei]

And by the way, just so you know, Toyota sold off a large chunk of the equipment at NUMMI:

The plant was scheduled to close and NUMMI needed to distribute its industrial equipment, transfer or sell them using the Fair Market and Fair Market Value in Place value appraisals to make these decisions.

And transferred most of the rest:

LOS ANGELES (Bloomberg) -- Toyota Motor Corp. was able to cut the U.S. price of its new Camry sedan about 2 percent from the previous version in part by re-using old assembly robots from its former joint-venture plant in California.

"A lot of the tooling is new, however the equipment isn't," Steve St. Angelo, executive vice president for North American manufacturing and engineering, said in an interview. "We used a lot of used equipment" from the now-closed New United Motor Manufacturing Inc. plant, or Nummi, he said.

Tesla bought the small amount that was left over at the plant, about $15m worth (which is almost nothing in the automotive industry).

Re:Run, Tesla. Run!

[Rei]

Yes. More to the point, if you had actually read the Wikipedia article you linked, you would have learned that. They sold off or transferred all but $15M of equipment from the facility.