Tesla has been steadily ramping up its market presence in Singapore, and it now appears to have some early numbers to show. According to a Tesla stock investor Sawyer Merritt, the American electric car maker has commenced deliveries of the Model 3 to customers on the city-state island, and has since updated to say that demand for the electric vehicle is to the tune of 1,200 orders to 500 available cars.
The American EV maker re-established its presence in Singapore in February this year, with the Model 3 Standard Range Plus (SR+) starting off the price list at S$112,845 (RM344,290) and ranging up to S$154,815 (RM472,340) for the Model 3 Performance variant; prices were before the inclusion of the Certificate of Entitlement (COE) cost.
In terms of performance, the Tesla Model 3 in SR+ guise boasts of a range of 448 km on the WLTP cycle, and is capable of 0-100 km/h in 5.6 seconds and a top speed of 225 km/h. Meanhwile, the Model 3 Performance variant offers up to 567 km of range, a 0-100 km/h time of 3.3 seconds and a top speed of 261 km/h.
I can now share more. I said demand was more than double supply. More specifically, demand is about 1,200 orders with 500 cars to deliver. @TeslaOwnersSG https://t.co/kpMqnf1AkH
— Sawyer Merritt ???????? (@SawyerMerritt) August 6, 2021
The Model 3 benefits from vehicular emissions scheme (VES) rebates in Singapore, where enhanced rebates for clean vehicles in bands A1 and A2 have been increased to S$25,000 (RM76,280) and S$15,000 (RM45,770), respectively.
More recently, Tesla Superchargers were found to be installed and operational on the island, and a service centre has been set up in Toa Payoh, where its Singapore base is located. The brand’s showrooms, or “experience centres”, are located in shopping malls.
In Malaysia, a pair of Model 3s (one Standard Range and one Long Range) came up for sale last year, and were almost immediately spoken for. Importer Vision Motorsports said at the time that these cars were not one-off arrivals, and said that interested parties can buy the Model 3 through the company at RM390k for the Standard Range and RM450k for the Long Range.
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Please note that the model 3 and other battery electric vehicles also benefit from a $20,000 Electric-vehicle Early Adoption Incentive (EEAI) rebate on top of the $25,000 rebate for vehicles in the VES A1 band.
With COE – the on the road price of the model 3 would be closer to $170,000.
There’s also the pesky factor of the road tax which is calculated using horsepower (kW) for electric vehicles – it’s $2,500 a year. Which is almost the same as a BMW M3
Inb4 this is all a lie and sorry arsed Malaysians still believe cars in Sinkie is dirt cheap since everyone are rich. Yeah right nice try gahmen stooge.
paying the same tax as M3 due to same engine power
but buy Tesla is more than 50% cheaper than M3. haha
and not only that, a Tesla3 is still cheaper than BMW 3 basic spec @ singapore
Is Malaysia any better where BEV pays MORE road tax than their equivalent HP producing siblings?
At least SG road tax is being used to improve charging infrastructure.
Here? Majority of our chargers are not fit for BEV usage.
Most os Singaporean stay at flat and poor facilities apartment. They have to charge at shopping center kah?
Better take ev car. No need next time queue at jb petrol station try to get cheaper petrol to support the ba ku teh that tapau.
When Tesla 3 is cheaper than Hyundai Elantra (Avante) 1.6NA Singapore
Of course, cheap glory game Changer.
1200 order is insane for singapore
It’s 4x total vehicles sales @ singapore
Hehe, thier COE may shooting higher as a result
2021 1H singapore registered 25,777 vehicles.
Average of 4296 each month
But 1200 order is almost 1/3.5 of each singapore car sales laa* ps
My cousin in SG booked 1 TESLA too. RM344,290 just too cheap^^