The fourth generation version of Tesla’s performance drive unit ekes out improvements over the previous performance model in continuous power (22 percent), peak power (32 percent), and peak torque (16 percent) — “all with lower energy consumption,” the company says.

Tesla has officially revealed a new Performance variant of the recently-refreshed Model 3 sedan as the company looks to fight off receding demand. The new version of the Model 3, which starts at $52,990,

Tesla Model 3 Performance has officially joined the lineup alongside the other refreshed Model 3 versions. As you might expect, it adopts the changes we’ve already seen in the updated Model 3 and adds a healthy helping of performance beyond what the pre-refresh Model 3 Performance offered.