Tesla Model 3 Long Range, one of the best-selling vehicles of the Elon Musk-owned electric vehicle (EV) maker, is no longer available, its online listing reveals.
On the other hand, the two Model 3 sedan options, such as the Standard and Performance variants, are still available on the online configurator page of the all-electric automaker.
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GRUENHEIDE, GERMANY - MARCH 22: Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends the official opening of the new Tesla electric car manufacturing plant on March 22, 2022 near Gruenheide, Germany.
GRUENHEIDE, GERMANY - MARCH 22: Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends the official opening of the new Tesla electric car manufacturing plant on March 22, 2022 near Gruenheide, Germany.
The Tesla website further estimated when the Model 3 Long Range would be available to take orders again.
Tesla Model 3 Long Range Orders Halted
As per the latest news story by Electrek, Tesla quietly stopped taking new orders for its Model 3 Long Range, which has become increasingly popular in the US and other countries like Canada.
And as such, if you are looking to get your hands on the Long Range variant of the sought-after Tesla electric sedan, you might need to wait a little longer.
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A Tesla model 3 is seen in the Tesla stand during the second China International Import Expo in Shanghai on November 6, 2019.
While it is easily possible to purchase one in the used market, getting it straight from the renowned EV maker goes otherwise.
It comes as the online configurator of Tesla confirms that it would take several months before the Model 3 Long Range would be available for orders.
When Will Tesla Model 3 Long Range Be Available Again?
Electrek notes in the same story that the US configurator of the EV maker still lists the Long Range variant. However, the option has been grayed out, preventing customers from selecting it.
Despite that, the configuration of the car maker assured its visitors that it would be available again soon.
Below the now grayed-out Tesla Model 3 Long Range option, the website notes that it would be available by next year or in 2023.
It is worth noting that both the configurators of the Musk-led automaker in the US and Canada no longer take new orders for the Model 3 sedan.
But why has it come to this?
Tesla Production vs. Huge Demand
No less than the mega-billionaire Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Tesla, Musk, has previously warned against a time wherein the EV maker might stop taking orders for some of its vehicles.
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A Tesla Model 3 car is displayed during the Tesla China-made Model 3 Delivery Ceremony in Shanghai.
A Tesla Model 3 car is displayed during the Tesla China-made Model 3 Delivery Ceremony in Shanghai.
The big boss of Tesla admits the possibility of the unavailability of some models amid the massive demand for EVs these days, according to a recent report by Mashable.
In turn, he says that the production of new EVs is having a hard time keeping up with the strong demand.
Musk states that the "demand is exceeding production to a ridiculous degree."
He adds that "we're actually probably gonna just stop taking orders for anything beyond some period of time because some of the timing is like a year away."
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