---
title: "Elon Musk reveals a tentative timeline for the $35,000 Tesla Model 3"
description: "CEO Elon Musk revealed on a company earnings call Wednesday that the company plans to unveil the Tesla Model 3 — which is expected to cost about $35,000 before government subsidies — in March 2016."
date: "2015-05-08"
modified: "2015-08-13"
authors:
  - name: "Alex Klokus"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/alex-klokus"
url: "https://futurism.com/elon-musk-reveals-a-tentative-timeline-for-the-35000-tesla-model-3"
categories:
  - "Advanced Transport"
  - "Elon Musk"
  - "Future Society"
  - "Tesla"
  - "The Industrialists"
tags:
  - "transport"
---

# Elon Musk reveals a tentative timeline for the $35,000 Tesla Model 3

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- "I mean, we are hoping to show off the Model 3 in approximately March of next year," Musk said, according to a transcript of the call. "Again, like, don't hold me to that month, but that's, like — that's our aspiration."
- Musk also revealed a target date for the car to go on sale, which would be mid 2017 at the earliest, though he expects the real date would be later that year.
- The current cheapest Tesla, the Model S 70D, costs $75,000. Other carmakers have grabbed headlines for announcing and releasing electric vehicles that are much less expensive. The Nissan Leaf starts at $29,000, and GM unveiled $30,000 Chevy Bolt earlier this year.

### Author social links  
[LinkedIn](<https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexklokus>)