There are new details on the
battery capacity for
Tesla's much-awaited long-range
Model 3 sedan, courtesy of some preliminary information from the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency.
The lithium-ion batteries that will enable the long-range Model 3 to go 310 miles between charges will carry 350 volts and 230 amp hours, adding up to 80.5 kilowatt hour of maximum capacity, according to the EPA certification documents. The long-range Model 3, which starts at $44,000, can go 0-60 mph in 5.1 seconds.
A 258-horsepower AC 3-phase permanent magnet motor powers the rear-wheel-drive EV.
The
EPA hasn't published a similar document online for the standard Model 3, so we can't say for certain what its battery capacity is yet. The standard model has a 220-mile range and a 0-60 time of 5.6 seconds. It starts at $35,000 but
climbs quickly in price from there.
Both vehicles come with a 15-inch center touchscreen display in place of an instrument cluster.
Tesla said Monday it's seeking to raise $1.5 billion in a bond offering to help it ramp up production of the Model 3. Founder Elon Musk says the company has 455,000 advance reservations for the vehicle.
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The lithium-ion batteries that will enable the long-range Model 3 to go 310 miles between charges will carry 350 volts and 230 amp hours, adding up to 80.5 kilowatt hour of maximum capacity, according to the EPA certification documents. The long-range Model 3, which starts at $44,000, can go 0-60 mph in 5.1 seconds.
A 258-horsepower AC 3-phase permanent magnet motor powers the rear-wheel-drive EV.
The
EPA hasn't published a similar document online for the standard Model 3, so we can't say for certain what its battery capacity is yet. The standard model has a 220-mile range and a 0-60 time of 5.6 seconds. It starts at $35,000 but
climbs quickly in price from there.
Both vehicles come with a 15-inch center touchscreen display in place of an instrument cluster.
Tesla said Monday it's seeking to raise $1.5 billion in a bond offering to help it ramp up production of the Model 3. Founder Elon Musk says the company has 455,000 advance reservations for the vehicle.
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