Tesla Increases Model 3 Referral Discount to $2,500 in the U.S.

Can I refer myself

Wow that’s a deal

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Huh. This is the first month of the quarter and they're already upping incentives? I got two texts and a call from a sales agent already last week. One wonders if things aren't looking quite so rosy at the moment...

Can this be stacked with the lease deal to lower monthly payment?

Just read that leases are not qualified, bummer

You can refer you significant other. We did that.

Wish they would have just cut the price so all the Model 3 Performance configurations would have qualified for the tax incentive (just by making all the colors the same price). I just couldn't pull the trigger with QuickSilver/White ending up being \~$10K more than Stealth Grey/Black.

Mate, you are gonna get banned if you leave this up.

You have no friends?

You get a discount for trading in another Tesla. At the end of the year that discount was the same as the referral. I don’t know what it is now.

Yes, it’s called a loyalty discount when you order if you already own one

Wish it applied to leases as well. Been eyeing a 3 Performance since my pre-refresh 3 lease is ending soon 😭

Why is it $10K more?

These unannounced cars must be sweet if they are slashing the model 3 like this.

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Their Q4 wasn't very good so it makes sense...

Yeah, I wonder if Q4 wasn't the tip of some iceberg...

because the other colors put it over the tax write off.

Is it the same as the $2500?

Or sales must have cratered

From article “Another factor could be Tesla’s recent removal of the Model 3 RWD and Long Range from the U.S. federal EV tax credit eligibility list. Since these variants no longer qualify for the $7,500 tax incentive, the company may be using a higher referral discount to offset some of the loss of that government-backed benefit.” However, Tesla website mentions $7500 EV credit for all Model 3. Is this just bad reporting?

What'd it say

How does that work? You click your own referral link and get a discount?

why dont u have friends? are u married yet? why is it taking so long? do u even have a girlfriend? tick tick tick hurry up

Trying to get someone to buy a tesla in my area has become an awkward conversation as of late. I don’t think any amount of money off will change that.

They did say they’re “no longer a car company” after all. I guess they’re just phasing out selling cars.

People are not rushing to get the 3 now because they are waiting for the new Y to come out.

Referral link presumably

Q1 is seasonally the weakest quarter with slower sales. Their average COGS also dropped to the lowest level below $35k. That’s the average but since Model 3 is their smallest and cheapest model to make the COGS for Model 3 is much lower, which meant they have room to discount, but it will hurt their margin.

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Offering referrals. That's against the rules.

Correct.

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I clicked someone's referral and the monthly lease was $50 cheaper. $249 instead of $299 for the long range rear wheel. Not including BS savings checkbox. I've been thinking about purchasing for years 😀. But then they had to say they have cheaper models coming out in the middle of the year. Not the cost as much as maybe some cool new technology transferred from the c-truck. I'd like the little taxi if it had a steering wheel but also the new y. I'm just keeping an eye out on the withdrawal of the tax credit and will pull the trigger before it's gone. Maybe that's why I'm driving a 2009 Toyota Corolla. EDIT: Tesla lowered the lease by $50 and the referral is not used sale but only on sale. On the $1,000 referral I'm pretty certain the least did go down but maybe no longer works.

I think they're now using it as an occasional sales incentive. And now they have an additional incentive of not having to update the hardware 3 car. So I don't think you have to wait too long.

FSD includes any color upgrade interior and exterior That keeps M3P under 55k for price of car itself + qualifies. Essentially $500 net for quicksilver and FSD (+8k -7.5k)

You can. Order through your referral link and you’ll get the $2500. I just did.

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Their whole plan was to have a sub 30k car by now and be bringing in revenues through their driver assistance packages. The quality and simplicity of the cars was forgiven because a: there weren’t many other options for ev’s; and B: They were trying to make a cost effective ev and pass that on to the consumer. It was just expected that ev’s cost more but you made up the difference in fuel and maintenance. The Chinese have shown that you can sell a decent ev for well under 30 today (check out the Xpeng M03) so hopefully Tesla has something in the works otherwise other premium evs are going to come out with excellent fit and finishes making it a tougher choice to go with a Model 3/Y. And that’s before the whole political divide thing affecting which car people want to buy.

at this moment you will get a "are you fucking kidding me?" look if you suggest a tesla. signed elon musk.

I agree. And a nice finance deal would be nice. Elon is helping us with his stupidity. It’ll come lol

So spend the tax credit to get it doesn’t make sense

Yes, [Loyalty Benefits are detailed here](https://www.tesla.com/support/refer-and-earn#:~:text=has%20been%20placed.-,Earn%20Loyalty%20Benefits,-Loyalty%20benefits%20are)

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Canadians, Europeans, and out of US countries boycotting Tesla in a big way. Expect things to go darn south in the next one week/month. I as a Canadian don’t care two hoots about Tesla either. Was planning to buy a few months ago but waited and now thanking myself for not going ahead. Will go for some other brand. He deserves this and much much much more.

You have to put on one of those funny glasses with a mustache when you submit the order

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I can’t really tell, but when the article says “new vehicle” does it literally mean a new vehicle? Or does this offer apply to a buyer new to Tesla ownership?

>I clicked someone's referral and the monthly lease was $50 cheaper. $249 instead of $299 for the long range rear wheel. Not including BS savings checkbox. That's not a referral deal. Tesla lowered the lease payments for all.

lol

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Hopefully we put 100% tariffs on them and hurt Elon. My 24 M3P already went up 9,000 in value with the price increase so I say cut off Tesla completely and bring in the Chinese EVs

which brand? they all have varying degrees of ethical issues. Before anyone downvotes me, read my comment below.

Burning through inventory for the juniper treatment

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I just placed an order yesterday with the $500 referral discount… I wonder if I can cancel and reorder or if they’ll let me apply it to my current order?

This is a good start, but I am waiting for a bigger deal. Add free lifetime supercharging and I will consider it.

Not as much as Tesla.

Yes, click your own referral link.

Companies like Rivian and Lucid are great but consider the fact that the OEMs would just as soon destroy the entire planet with fossil fuels before it hurts their bottom line. There is *no reason* why there isn’t a comprehensive charging infrastructure for example. Arguably the OEMs have more of an ability to do that than even Tesla. Tesla has had a comprehensive network for years. And it took Tesla opening the charging network for the drivers of every other EV to realistically leave their home town. The history of EVs starting with the EV1 is a story of sabotaging and handicapping the technology so the public wouldn’t actually adopt it.

I did the same for my gf last week. I will get her to call first to see if they will apply it.

Yes, you save about $850 and get FSD. But it is still $9K more than if you didn’t want FSD anyway over Stealth Grey. These are the prices including local taxes (here in AZ) and fed tax credit if applicable. Performance model of course. $55,261 - Stealth Grey no FSD after tax credit $64,977 - Quicksilver no FSD (tax credit not applicable) $64,123 - QuickSilver with FSD and after tax credit BTW - I’ve tried FSD 5 times (twice in my 2018 Model 3 LR RWD when I had it and 3 times in my 2020 MYP including a couple months ago and to me it has no value).

If you have no interest in FSD at all obviously get a non premo color and take the 7.5k credit FSD retrofitted to hw3 is not the same as hw4 fwiw. And ‘a couple months ago’, things changed a lot with v13 milestone which came out in November. If conceptually it’s not for you fair enough

It does because if you wanted quicksilver or red you’re paying +2k for the upgrade and foregoing the 7.5k in credit being ineligible. Effectively a quicksilver upgrade alone on M3P becomes +9.5k (opportunity cost) as u/azentropy estimated and no FSD.. and who would do that when you can get the color AND FSD AND save compared to the alternative aforementioned situation

I leased a model 3 and lease ended 8 months ago. Can I ask my brother to refer me. Or do I not qualify because of my previous lease?

So I didn't need to pay my neighbors kids to piggyback in a raincoat?

Can you stack discounts? Like a referral and a veteran?

>*Companies like Rivian and Lucid are great* These cars plus Tesla are all probably getting 30% (at least) price increases in Canada due to retaliatory tariffs. Kind of makes the Chinese electric vehicles look better value even with the Canadian 100% tariff.

Yeah, if I liked Stealth grey I would have already. That was my whole point to begin with! ;) Also No offense on FSD but been hearing the same “crap” for 7 years now that the version that just came out or the new hardware now magically makes it wonderful. I’m sure you know the saying…. Fool me once….

Well ya if you’re willing to spend the tax credit for a feature I have no interest in yes. But I’d just settle for the free color and save 7500 personally.

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Can’t argue w ya there ! Haha

I don’t think the stealth grey is too bad tbh for the base price color But not my favorite either :P They strong arm the FSD hard with juniper founders edition

im okay dad

Also the company’s sales shrank for the first time ever.

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That will never happen. No chance in hell.

Thanks! I just tried to place an order in-app following the instructions on that page, and the loyalty discount doesn't show up. Any clue what I'm doing wrong?

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who's buying the model 3 without the stalks..

Yes.

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That is quite pathetic

So Geely (who own Volvo and Polestar), BYD, and others [have been using Uyghurs as slaves](https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/13174/html/)in their Chinese factories. Toyota [spreads misinformation against climate change policies.](https://www.greenpeace.org.au/act/toyota-files) Hyundai is a [big weapons manufacturer](https://en.hyundai-wia.com/business/defense_business.asp) selling weapons to countries with dubious ethics such as Saudi Arabia Mercedes, VW and BMW have[repeatedly cheated on their diesel emissions testing](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel_emissions_scandal), compromising efforts to clean car carbon dioxide release. Tesla, the company, doesn’t do any of those things. Teslas CEO is a horrible person. But buying another brand of car is always an ethical compromise

Mass global boycotts will do that.

Q1 about to look worse.

As a Dane, I was just about to buy the new model Y. But I’m not about to support a totalitarian moron who’s set on destroying liberal democracy. Ironically, I’ll probably buy a BYD instead.

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That's what Steve Jobs thought as well, before Apple board of directors forced him out.

Looks to be bad reporting. That’s old news from like 2023 it’s since been restored

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Is there one for Chevy? Honestly the Equinox seems to be the closest rival for anyone who isn't rich.

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It shows up after your pay the $250, it’s part of the breakdown after. Also make sure you use the same exact email when you pay the $250

Same thing i told my wife. She is NOT an Elon fan, but I told her we would at least have to consider the 3 if free lifetime charging was included. We could road trip for basically free when we retire!

I've been using it on and off since late 2022 on my HW3 car, and v12 was already pretty good. However experiencing v13 on HW4 was distinctly smoother and less stressful. It's more like a 90% confidence level compared to 75-80 on my own car.

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Fascinating

I didn't have to do that at the dealership. They just gave it to me.

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Almost nobody in Canada will buy a Tesla this trimester, they'll need to really increase the incentives considering we used to buy quite a few!

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assuming they ever actually paid it this would be a great deal.

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It’s a little different at showrooms because you’re physically there, but it’s called a Loyalty discount when you buy a second one for yourself

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If a Highland 3 can get $2500 discount on top of reduced prices if you can find some, Model Y pre-Juniper ones they have to clear should see something too. Old tech, lot of inventory. I will start tracking the Ys since Highland 3 is great and all but Y is roomy and the best selling EV out there! Q1 is going to be amazing!

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Checkpoint

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Purely speculative, but do we think they’ll do a 0% apr or other low apr incentive soon?

Interesting, I wonder why this is on the recently redesigned 3 and not the soon to be replaced Y. I guess the model Y prices are already rock bottom? If you have any confidence that the federal tax credit will still be in-force, this is a pretty big chunk of change.

Not to mention this barely offsets the EV tax credit loss.

You need to cancel and reorder - you'll lose the first $250 deposit but still a $1750 savings all said and done. I did this yesterday myself.

I'm saving for a Lucid. The Taycan looks pretty good too. NACS is the only requirement from my next EV.

You may get it on top of your trade offer as customer loyalty. Can anyone confirm or deny this?

Bring back the FSD transfer again if you want to goose sales.

I’m starting to see a ton of Highlands here in California. I love my RWD Highland and I got $500 off with a referral from my wife. $2500 would sure have been nice since I don’t qualify for the tax credit.

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I’m being downvoted for stating facts 😕

Phasing out selling cars? Q4 had their highest car sales ever.

Haha I was just about to fix that and you are correct.

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Does this work even if you owned a Tesla in the past but no longer do?

I think so.

People are still buying Teslas?

Cool

0$ for Canada

To the office…now !

You assume someone actually wrote it?

Climate misinformation is legal in the states. Climate truth is illegal.

If this incentive also applied to a lease as well I would consider it, that way one could get up to $10k off

Yeah bcoz tesla website shows it is eligible

Is there still a really good incentive to go new instead of used? Used (2022) is pretty much at least half off. Can't believe going used could actually be the better buy 😅

They had 0% apr last year so they're just switching around new incentives to entice ppl. It's called marketing.

Lots of ppl buying used still so Tesla brand still strong with how low used cars go. Maybe even the better buy.

Like downplaying yourself to make your product look better. Rapper- "I'm not a rapper".

Word of mouth is effective advertising

The horrible person is holding more power than all the other car companies combined and buying cars from him validates him and gives him more money and power

Agreed. The others are using actual slaves.

I’m not buying until they offer 0% again. Hopefully soon, fingers crossed

likewise

well the 2025 car is completely different, so whether you want the highland refresh or not is a big factor

'Completely' different? Not sure if to go as far as to say that. Should be more refined than previous years I hear.

sure, it's quite a bit different but maybe not "completely". point being that's obviously the incentive to go new. im about to upgrade from a 2018 and the biggest difference i noticed was a significantly nicer ride quality and waaaay quieter cabin. two massive improvements IMO

I was just told that you get a loyalty bonus (like $500) but not the $2500 referral bonus if you already bought a Tesla before. Can anyone confirm they actually got the $2500 who owns one already? I’m ready to order if get the $2500.

I’m betting end of first quarter push is March

Never mind. The loyalty bonus on M3 is $2500. Just stupid it doesn’t show up until you order.

You don’t need to own a Tesla to get it

I don’t see self referral as an option as a past owner in the app

How long is it going to last

Do you know?

IF the price is right i don't care who builds it

I know your comment is comedy/jesting - as a 43 year old happily single, and happily never getting married guy: The best thing I ever did was ignore all the people that really did ask me those kinds of questions growing up. Like my only purpose in life was to make the same decisions they did in some weird way to validate themselves. I've seen the dating landscape in 2025 -- single/sane/happy is what I choose :)

I’m waiting too for 0% or some type of APR deal.

Is that tax incentive still usable? I’m looking at getting a Tesla possibly. Can’t decide between the model Y or 3 but I’m in no rush. It would be nice to get that massive price cut though

Still there as of today.

Looks like you need to take delivery by 3/3. Winner what they'll do to end the Q

Tesla vehicles are made in America. FYI

This was the 4?

Where did you see this? I’ve been trying to find the same thing.

Is this discount available for leasing option for model 3 car?

Do you think there’ll be another push or is this $2500 off the push?

Is this offer still valid? Or is it only $500 now?

Do we know if it’s still active currently for 2500 I’ll cancel my order re order and apply it

It is not. You do get the $500 loyalty bonus though. That with 0% is way worth it for me.

It doesn’t show up until you order either

Thanks for the response!! I’ll just keep my order and take the L on the loyalty points

Is this no longer active, please? I am only seeing referral links giving 3 months of FSD for free or a discount on solar panels.

I’m seeing the same thing unfortunately

Is it still going?

What is the “Discount” for a loyalty program referral?

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