Tesla's least expensive car is off the market: the Model 3 Standard Range Rear-Wheel Drive is no longer available in the online configurator. Electrek first reported on the absence of that Model 3 build.

Tesla’s RWD Long Range costs $3,500 more than the discontinued Standard Range. It’s not a huge price gap considering the Long Range gets an estimated 363 miles of range on a f

In Europe, electric vehicle sales are slumping after Germany slashed subsidies for buyers. Tesla remains reliant on just two cars — the Model Y sport utility vehicle and the Model 3 sedan — for most of its sales, while rivals like G.M. and Hyundai-Kia offer more choices, newer designs and often lower prices.

Ford sold 504,039 vehicles in the July-through-September quarter, up 0.7%, compared to last year's 500,504 vehicles. Hybrid sales grew by 38%, and EVs were up 12%, while gas- and diesel-fueled vehicles that account for 86% of the automaker's sales fell by 2.