The Model 3 production car rollout is in time for a handover event of around 30 customer cars at Tesla’s Fremont factory on July 28.
10 Jul 2017 | 2861 Views | By Autocar Pro News Desk
The first production-ready Model 3 sedan has rolled out over the weekend. On Saturday, Elon Musk, Tesla co-founder and CEO, tweeted the first images of the car which has made news the world over since its reveal.
The Model 3 production car rollout is in time for a handover ...
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The first production-ready Model 3 sedan has rolled out over the weekend. On Saturday, Elon Musk, Tesla co-founder and CEO, tweeted the first images of the car which has made news the world over since its reveal.
The Model 3 production car rollout is in time for a handover event of around 30 customer cars at Tesla’s Fremont factory on July 28. Production for the all-electric four-door will then be ramped up exponentially, with 100 cars produced in August, more than 1,500 produced in September and then 20,000 produced per month from December.
Like Tesla’s other models, the Model 3 boasts some impressive headline figures. The car is claimed, in its most basic form, to be capable of accelerating from 0-100kph in less than six seconds and be able to eke out more than 250 miles/400 kilometres from one charge.
It can do this while seating five adults "comfortably", said Musk at the car's launch. He also said that no combustion-engined car of this size could offer as much cabin space. Thanks to the lack of combustion engine, front-row passengers sit further forward than normal, freeing up more space for those behind. A single-pane panoramic sunroof also gives the cabin a more open feel.
Elon Musk tweeted this picture of the production-ready Model 3 (Image courtesy: Twitter/Elon Musk).
The Model 3 has an entry-level price of $35,000 (about Rs 22.10 lakh) and has been ordered by around 500,000 customers, which is the maximum output possible at Tesla's new battery-producing Gigafactory in Nevada.
Production starts as Tesla injects $1 billion (around Rs 6,317 crore) of investment into the company, something CEO Elon Musk has previously said would help the company meet the high demand requirements of its newest model.
Tesla has reaffirmed its pledge to deliver 500,000 vehicles in 2018 and one million in 2020, when the Gigafactory is expected to reach full capacity – a sharp rise from the 80,000 delivered in 2016.
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