Tesla announced the pricing and production figures for it's first "budget" electric sedan on Monday. Instead of going the route of a dressed up press release, Tesla opted for a very nicely crafted blog post to break the news and give us all a peak behind their electrified curtains.
Tesla says it will produce 5,000 Model S cars in 2012 and ramp up to 20,000 per year in 2013. Both GM and Nissan are shooting for this type of volume, too, with Nissan saying 20,000 LEAFs had been preordered as of December, and GM is shooting to sell 10,000 Volts in 2011, and was reportedly considering raising those volumes to 25,000.
Tesla’s U.S. Model S with a 300-mile battery range will cost around $70,000 with the $7,500 federal tax credit, said Tesla. So, close to $80,000 without the tax credit. That comes in under Fisker’s inaugural car the extended range electric Karma. The LEAF and the Volt are priced well under these higher-end cars at $33,000 (before incentives) and $41,000, respectively, and Coda’s sedan is supposed to cost $45,000.
Even though $80,000 seems like a big chunk of change, it comes in WAY less than the Tesla roadster, and even still cheaper than the upcoming Porsche Panamera S Hybrid, BMW i8 EV, and – even though the pricing is yet to be announced – the Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG E-Cell (if I had to guess).
Will you be pre-ordering your Tesla Model S?
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