Price dropped to an all time low, beating my previous post.
LR and Performance price remains unchanged.
Prices above exclude on-road costs (varying per state).
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@klaw81: Agree with klaw81. Tesla cars have lots of functions, probably more than other EVs, just that the way you operate them is different from conventional cars. Lots of things done through the central screen, works well for a lot of functions, but others not intuitive e.g. opening the glovebox. I think if given the choice of indicators on stalk or indicators on steering wheel, most would still choose on stalk.
Funny I've had the exact same experience. We put a deposit down on the Sealion before taking both cars for a spin, and we ended up buying a Model Y. The Sealion was a great car, and we'll miss the cooled seats and awesome 360 camera - but the technology, the supercharger network, and the whole not having to buy petrol thing, was hard to pass up. Plus we just discovered Origin Energy's new EV charging system for Tesla's which has been working great at 8c/kWh.
Was the Model 3 always $59,818 drive away for NSW or did they drop the price today?
Same price in Vic
See more drops rwd now $55900 + on road.
Im now seeing $54,900 + on road. Wow thats a decent drop
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Hard disagree.
The interiors of the Model 3 & Y are very well designed - highly functional, practical and work equally well for both left- and right-hand drive. Instead, they've done a ground-up review of all the traditional features of a car interior, started with a clean sheet and come up with their own idea how it should be. And in a lot of ways, IMO they've absolutely nailed it.
Instead of a semi-random array of small displays and rarely-used buttons that just take up space and create visual clutter, all of those things have been moved to the screen - they're nearly always set-and-forget functions anyway, and a few simple icons allow you to see their status.
Where all of those buttons and displays would have been, Tesla have provided spacious storage bins, and 2 convenient phone chargers.
Instead of fiddly air vents that are rarely touched and often break or rattle, the vents are built into the dash and remember the settings from last time you drove.
Instead of multiple screens and displays for the various functions, there's a single screen that does everything - and unlike a lot of other cars, it actually has the grunt to handle everything that you can throw at it - the touch response is accurate and performance is unmatched. The interface is highly streamlined, well designed with appropriate touch targets and it has an excellent search function if you can't remember where to find stuff. There's a ton of whimsical and outright silly functions too, which you can either enjoy or totally ignore if you prefer.
Instead of having lots of single-purpose buttons on the steering wheel for various functions, there are 2 x 4-way wheel buttons that are context-aware and controls lots of different functions - mirrors, wipers, cruise control, media volume and track control, and doubtless a bunch of other stuff too.
You may not agree with all of these design decisions but to say that they prioritize form over function is just plain false.
For what it's worth, I don't agree with eliminating the stalks - I think that's a step backwards. And if I had a choice, I'd also like to see hardware controls for controlling some basic HVAC functions - fan speed, temperature, recirculate and defog would be nice.