Since the founding of Tesla Motors, I hoped that one day I would be able to afford one of their products. If you haven’t heard of Tesla, they are an automaker that focuses solely on building premium electric vehicles that don’t look or drive like a Prius.

Officially founded in 2003, the company now offers a full product line of sleek, sexy, electric cars. This lineup includes a two-seater sports car that established their innovative electric technology, a super sedan with superfluous sex appeal and the 2013 Car of the Year Award, and the world’s fastest SUV with doors that will rival a Lamborghini. Tesla doesn’t just make electric cars—they make sexy, futuristic vehicles that outperform nearly all of the cars on sale in America today. These cars are fast, good-looking, safe, practical, and also expensive. In order to drive what may be the future of automobiles, you’re going to have to shell out a minimum of $60,000.

Until now.

On the evening of March 31, CEO Elon Musk unveiled Tesla’s newest car. You may recognize Musk’s name as he is the man who invented PayPal and SpaceX, both hugely successful companies that changed the technology in their respective fields. Elon Musk has been described as a “real-life Tony Stark” and hardly falls short of his promises. Dubbed the “Model III,” this car is a compact sedan with more storage space that some larger SUVs. It will be able to travel a minimum of 215 miles per charge, have a 5-star crash safety rating, carry five (American) adults, and travel from a stop to 60 mph in under six seconds. It features Tesla’s Autopilot technology, free access to Tesla’s Supercharging network (essentially electric gas stations), and looks much more expensive than it costs. Which brings me to the biggest surprise Tesla has in store—the price.

$35,000. That’s how much the newest mainstream electric car will cost you, putting it squarely in the range of the average American consumer. The average new car purchased in America costs around $33,500, and when you buy an electric car you receive up to $7,500 in tax incentives for helping pave the way to a sustainable car industry (gasoline won’t be around forever).

What this means is that it is now attainable to drive an electric automobile made solely on Red, White, and Blue soil that can carry you and four of your friends over 200 miles between charges while also dominating at the dragstrip. This is the beginning of an industry evolution, and it would be wise to take note sooner rather than later.