436 miles per charge for under £45k: new Tesla Model 3 Long Range is 'most efficient EV' in UK
- by CAR Magazine
- Oct 08, 2024
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⺠Arriving in the UK November 2024
⺠Full details of whole Model 3 line-upÂ
Following on from the 2024 facelift, the Tesla Model 3 has received another upgrade â this time the addition of a new long-range version of the rear-wheel drive variant. Creating what Tesla says is âthe most efficient EV available in Europe todayâ.
Claimed capable of 436 miles per charge, the Tesla Model 3 Long Range Rear-Wheel Drive, to give it its the full and rather unimaginative title, is also said to offer the best âprice-to-rangeâ ratio of any electric vehicle on sale in the UK. Starting at £44,990, itâs certainly cheaper than anything else on our list of the longest-range EVs.
Give us some more details on the new RWD Long Range Model 3
That 436-mile driving range is equivalent to 700km. Which means â according to Tesla â driving that far uses an equivalent amount of energy as heating 700 microwave dinners. Weâre not really sure of the relevance of that either, but apparently thatâs a measure of EV energy consumption now.
In more sensible figures, Tesla says the LR RWD expends 20.1kWh per 100 miles. Thatâs 5 miles per kilowatt hour, which is very impressive. Using dedicated home EV charging tariff Octopus Go, which costs as little as 7p per kWh, Tesla reckons 10,000 miles of driving would therefore cost approximately £140.83. Amazing, if that maths adds up in the real world.
And to be clear, we will be testing the carâs real-world efficiency as soon as weâre able to â though itâs worth noting the Model 3 is already the most efficient EV weâve ever group-tested, achieving 4 miles per kWh in winter driving. The first UK customers cars should be here in November 2024.
What about the rest of the Model 3 line-up?
The Tesla Model 3 has been revised for the 2024 model year â and weâve got all the new photos and specs of the facelifted electric car. Itâs the biggest change after six years and 2 million sold, underlining the importance of the smaller, cheaper Tesla.
Itâs now available in the UK, priced from £39,990. Deliveries for the heavily updated car â dubbed âHighlandâ before being unveiled â began in January 2024.Â
The Model 3 has become a common sight on UK roads, rising to be the bestselling car overall in some months. Itâs clearly done its job intended by Elon Musk: to electrify the masses. Key changes for the 2024 model year are revised lamps front and rear, and a host of interior upgrades, and weâll detail all these changes in this article.
You can watch our Tesla Model 3 video in the film below, where road tester James Dennison drives the cheaper, smaller Tesla in London and the countryside, and gives CAR magazineâs verdict. Weâll be driving the revised 2024 Model 3 in the weeks to come.
Read on for everything you need to know about the Tesla Model 3 EV.Â
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