These are images of the first production Tesla Model 3, shared by its owner. No, the planned handover party for the new Tesla’s first 30 customers has not happened yet – the owner of car number one is Elon Musk himself.
The Tesla CEO tweeted “Production unit 1 of Model 3 is now built and going through final checkout. Pics soon” before posting these two images of the new entry Tesla to Twitter late on Saturday night, US time.
A video has also emerged from “behind the scenes” of the first black and white pic above, and it shows the Model 3’s glass roof and a glimpse of that spartan dashboard – which apart from the steering wheel, a large landscape screen and a full-width slot as air vents, is completely bare.
It’s not a given that every firstborn goes to Musk – he pointed out that the first to pay full price for the car gets in, and while he has the first Roadster and Model X, the first Model S is not his property. However, Tesla board member Ira Ehrenpreis, the first to put down deposit, gave the rights for car No.1 to Musk as a 46th birthday present.
Last week, Musk said that the Model 3 has passed all regulatory requirements for production two weeks ahead of schedule, and there will be a handover party for the first 30 customers late this month. Tesla plans to produce 100 Model 3 units in August, 1,500 in September and 20,000 in December, the visionary revealed.
The Tesla Model 3 order books have been opened for more than a year now, and the backlog should be rather big by now – days after Tesla started accepting orders, more than 300,000 people put down $1,000 deposits to have their name on the queue.
Tesla hasn’t updated the booking count, but Musk said last month that “there are more and more deposits every week.” But at the company’s annual shareholder meeting in June, Musk did say that one who puts in an order then probably wouldn’t get their Model 3 before the end of 2018.
The from $35k electric car has been spotted testing, and the Model 3’s vital stats are in the open – the range is around 346 km vs 400-539 km for the Model S, 0-96 km/h time is 5.6 seconds vs up to 2.3 seconds for the Model S P100D, and cargo capacity is smaller too (396 vs 850 litres). Model 3 owners will not benefit from unlimited Supercharging use – it’s pay-per-use for the entry model.
The Tesla Model S and the Model X SUV have great tech, but are costly vehicles. With the Model 3 – which is priced at BMW 3 Series levels in the US – Tesla is bringing its EV revolution to the masses. Will it take flight and shake-up the auto industry?
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Iriz rims?
meanwhile in malaysia
crazy prices for tesla
Amazing how Tesla, far younger than Proton, can have so much of innovation and demand for their cars. 300,000 orders in just a few days.
Speaks volumes about the company. People are still waiting for Proton SUV, however, it is only coming out in 2 years time. Until then, still losing RM4 mil per day.
And yet tethering on bankruptcy with no China to rescue.
Cukur Cina mari..Cukur
who cares if they go bankrupt ? most importantly they must not ask for billions bailout from taxpayer money, unlike proton.
It didn’t went bankrupt. John heard the info from mamak stall’s expert and share it like a pro
This is the difference between a company created on government subsidiary and a company created by a visionary.
Both have rugi so?
“Musk did say that one who puts in an order then probably wouldn’t get their Model 3 before the end of 2018.”
Now it’s 2017…
Can’t really compare. Elon made the company himself and of course is passionate about it. And this is very niche. And driven with innovations. He has dumped so much of his own money in this as well as SpaceX.
As above
Err you know how big is the US market? It is a BIG country!
hahaha..u should read more bout Tesla.. last year alone they lost almost RM2b+
who cares if they lose money ? profit or not is their investors problem not your concern. but most importantly they must not ask for billions bailout from taxpayer money, unlike proton.
Need to analyze the whole scenario instead of just based on single word ‘lost’. Example investing in Gigafactory would not gain profit in a year’s time. It’s a long term investment that can creates a great impact which not just benefit to the company itself, but also shaping the world.
3 mins video clips just show the side view only.. OMG..
Tesla 3 & BMW 3 are for the masses in US.
For us here? Hang on to your Saga lah!
Since when bolehland is comparable to US?
in ur dream it is Ford, GM n Toyota for the masses in the US
this car costs 35k usd. a white collar worker earning 5k monthly can easily buy this with cash. but in malaysia with 35k u can only afford a shitty basic proton or perodua.