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The Tesla Mannequin 3 is now the longest-range electrical automobile (EV) out there in Australia, following the introduction of a brand new Lengthy Vary Rear-Wheel Drive (RWD) variant of the mid-size electrical sedan for the 2026 mannequin 12 months.
Priced at $61,990 earlier than on-road prices, the brand new Mannequin 3 Lengthy Vary RWD provides as much as 750km (WLTP) of vary on 18-inch wheels, which is greater than the 706km declare of the Polestar 3 Lengthy Vary Single Motor massive electrical SUV on 20-inch alloys.
It’s additionally higher than the Mannequin 3 Lengthy Vary AWD, axed from the native lineup for 2026, which had provided the longest vary in Tesla’s native lineup at 629km.
The transfer makes the Mannequin 3 and Polestar 3 the one EVs in Australia to crack 700km of vary, with the best-selling Tesla Mannequin Y mid-size electrical SUV providing as much as 600km in Lengthy Vary AWD guise.
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The discharge of the extended-range Mannequin 3 comes after Tesla opened the most important Supercharger web site within the Southern Hemisphere, in Goulburn southwest of Sydney, which is one in every of 163 Tesla charging websites and brings to greater than 1000 the variety of Tesla charging plugs in Australia.
Out there from October 3, the extra environment friendly Mannequin 3 is a part of a 2026 mannequin 12 months replace that additionally brings a battery improve for the flagship Mannequin 3 Efficiency.
The MY26 Efficiency variant’s Nickel-Manganese-Cobalt (NMC) battery pack extends the sports activities sedan’s vary from 528 to 571km (WLTP), however doesn’t change its fast 3.1-second 0-100km/h declare or 261km/h high velocity.
Pricing stays unchanged at $80,900 earlier than on-road prices, and the MY26 vary additionally brings black badging throughout the lineup.
Australian-delivered Mannequin 3s will proceed to be sourced from China, with Tesla confirming the beforehand eliminated indicator stalks are again on autos bought right here.

The Mannequin 3 was Australia’s third-best promoting EV within the first half of 2025, overwhelmed to second place by the BYD Sealion 7 mid-size electrical SUV, which arrived in native showrooms in February.
Each had been totally overwhelmed by the perennial best-seller, the Tesla Mannequin Y, which posted 10,431 gross sales to greater than double the Sealion 7’s gross sales of 3756.
Large reductions of as much as $11,000 for pre-facelifted Mannequin Y autos helped increase the model’s native gross sales in August, when Mannequin Y gross sales had been up 74.7 per cent month-on-month, adopted by a 162 per cent spike in September, solidifying its place because the nation’s top-selling EV.
Final month Tesla additionally enabled Australian homeowners who had beforehand bought its so-called Full Self-Driving (FSD) system the power to modify it on. Additionally out there to buy by new clients, it’s out there for Mannequin 3 and Mannequin Y autos outfitted with {Hardware} (HW4) cameras.
Pricing

Mannequin | Worth earlier than on-road prices |
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2026 Tesla Mannequin 3 RWD | $54,900 |
2026 Tesla Mannequin 3 Lengthy Vary RWD | $61,900 (NEW) |
2026 Tesla Mannequin 3 Lengthy Vary AWD | $64,900 |
2026 Tesla Mannequin 3 Efficiency AWD | $80,900 |
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