Tesla Model 3, Model Y launched in Philippines – lowest prices in ASEAN, from RM159k

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.

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