Tesla Model 3

Tesla Model 3 Standard Tesla's cheapest car, added in October 2025, starts at $38,630 including destination and order fees, and still goes up to 321 miles on a charge. The real draw is the Supercharger network, built for this car rather than adapted to it, which makes road trips the least stressful of anything here. To hit the price, Tesla took things out: cloth seats instead of faux leather, seven speakers instead of 15 and no rear-seat screen, and 0 to 60 mph takes 5.8 seconds instead of 4.9. None of that matters on a commute, and the range-per-dollar is hard to argue with.