--- title: "Tesla Cancels Its Cheapest, $35,000 Car" description: "With the 2021 model year refresh around the corner, Tesla has decided to stop selling its cheapest car, the $35,000 Model 3, as Electrek reports." date: "2020-11-16" modified: "2020-11-16" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/tesla-cancels-35000-model-3-car" categories: - "Advanced Transport" - "Tesla" tags: - "elon musk" - "Model 3" - "tesla" - "the digest" --- # Tesla Cancels Its Cheapest, $35,000 Car ![With the 2021 model year refresh around the corner, Tesla has decided to stop selling its cheapest car, the $35,000 Model 3, as Electrek reports.]() *\Image: Tesla\* ## Bye Bye With the 2021 model year refresh around the corner, Tesla has decided to stop selling its cheapest car, the $35,000 Model 3, as [*Electrek* reports](). It's a notable step backward, given that Tesla CEO Elon Musk had been promising a car for the mainstream at that lower price point [for many years]() now. ## Workarounds The option, advertised as Model 3 Standard Range, was first announced last year — but was de-listed after several months. To get to the $35,000 price point after the option was de-listed, customers were still able to slice software features worth $3,000 from the $38,000 Model 3 Standard Range Plus, ending up with a vehicle that technically cost $35,000. That workaround is now no longer possible, according to *Electrek*, starting with the 2021 Model 3. ## $25,000 Tesla An affordable Tesla might still be in the cards in years to come. During the company's Battery Day in September, [Musk promised]() that Tesla will put a $25,000 electric car into production within the next three years. "We’re confident we can make a very, very compelling $25,000 electric vehicle, that’s also fully autonomous," [Musk said]() at the event. "And when you think about the $25,000 price point you have to consider how much less expensive it is to own an electric vehicle. So actually, it becomes even more affordable at that $25,000 price point." **READ MORE:** [Tesla stops selling $35,000 Model 3 with new 2021 model year refresh]() \[*Electrek*\] **More on Tesla:** *[If Graphene Batteries Do Everything Scientists Say, They Could Be a Gamechanger]()* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()