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Tesla’s Surprise $6,410 Price Cut Sparks a Rant From One Devotee

  • ‘It shakes my faith,’ a three-time Tesla car owner says
  • Complaint highlights frustrations over frequent price swings
Why Tesla’s Surprise $6,410 Price Cut Sparked a Devotee Rant

Laurence Blau, 78, woke up Tuesday morning to a frustrating figure: $6,410.

That’s the dollar amount that Tesla Inc. had lopped off the list price of a fully loaded performance edition of the Model 3 sedan the night before. Blau, who paid $68,400 for the car less than three weeks earlier, called it a “bitter pill to swallow.”