Tesla may have been late to the electric vehicle party in Malaysia, but that’s nothing compared to the Philippines. The famed EV brand has finally made its way to the archipelago with the Model 3 “Highland” facelift and Model Y, leaving Indonesia and Vietnam as the only other major Southeast Asian markets yet to receive it officially.
But the country does at least have something to celebrate. Just like they are in Malaysia, EVs are tax-free in the Philippines (there until at least 2028), but the advantage of being a left-hand-drive country is that Tesla prices are far lower than they are elsewhere in the region, presumably unencumbered by right-hand-drive conversion costs.
The Model 3 and Model Y are available in the same three variants as Malaysia. The former starts from 2,109,000 pesos (RM158,600) for the rear-wheel-drive model, while opting for the Long Range All-Wheel Drive brings this figure up to 2,489,000 pesos (RM187,100). Even the Performance only tops out at 3,099,000 pesos (RM233,000).
Contrast this to Malaysian prices of RM181,000, RM210,000 and RM242,000 nett respectively. In fact, the car is barely any more expensive than it is in the car’s production base of China, where it retails for between 231,900 yuan (RM142,000) and 335,900 yuan (RM205,600).
Meanwhile, the Model Y costs 2,369,000 pesos (RM178,100) for the RWD model, 2,689,000 pesos (RM202,200) for the Long Range AWD and 3,299,000 pesos (RM248,000) for the Performance. By comparison, the SUV’s Malaysian prices are RM191,000, RM238,000 and RM280,000 respectively.
The Model 3 Rear-Wheel Drive gets from zero to 100 km/h in 6.1 seconds does 513 km on a full charge, while the Model 3 Long Range AWD does 629 km. The Model 3 Performance, with its stronger acceleration (3.1 seconds) and top speed (250 km/h, versus 201 km/h for the others) figures, does 528 km; all range figures are based on the WLTP standard.
As for the Model Y, the Rear-Wheel Drive gets from zero to 100 km/h in 6.9 seconds and does 455 km on a full charge, while the Model Y Long Range AWD attains figures of five seconds and 533 km respectively; the Model Y Performance manages a century sprint of 3.7 seconds and a range of 514 km. As with the Model 3, all range figures are based on the WLTP standard.
GALLERY: 2024 Tesla Model 3 Performance in Malaysia
GALLERY: 2024 Tesla Model Y Performance in Malaysia
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Congrats. Can use the jollibee money to buy.
Congrats. Can use jollibee money to buy Rot roti.
Not fully tax free. Only import & excise duties are waived. Still got sales tax to pay for scam investments like fashionvalet, 1mdb debts, stupid projects like padu, bloated gomen service
Malaysia got cheated. They pocket the AP price also..
It’s the price for RHD conversion la sohai
If you look at Thailand prices, would you say Thai buyers got cheated too?
hooray! goodies as promised delivers to pinky from previous bydan administration with bongbong helping to stir up SCS confrontation with CCG and pinay claims to northern borneo zabah
This car value drop faster than android phone
this country is an important guard dog for papa usa in south china sea, of course they are going to get some benefits from papa
RHD conversion much cheaper than our Geely toron with P1. At last, rakyat kena toron…
But it’s not easy to get car loans over there. You have to pay at least 20% deposit before hand.
Testla clearly is charging more than what its worth. There is definately ample room for a huge price cut but they are probably doing it carefully to avoid scaring buyers away.