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- Aug 15, 201825% CONFIDENCELow confidencefrom the source
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- Aug 16, 201825% CONFIDENCELow confidencefrom the source
Model 3 has officially arrived and sold out until at least mid-2018
- Elon Musk delivered the first 30 Model 3 sedans on Friday 28 July 2017 at Tesla's Fremont factory, with production to ramp to 1,500 a month in September and 20,000 in December[1]
- The base price is $35,000 with 220 miles of range and 0-60 mph in 5.6 s; the Premium version (about $9,000 extra) has 310 miles and 5.1 s[1]
- It was revealed in March 2016 with an estimated 500,000 pre-orders and was sold out until at least mid-2018; new customers could initially only get the Premium rear-wheel-drive version[1]
- In October 2016 Tesla had moved delivery for new orders to mid-2018 or later, from a previous late-2017 estimate[3][4]
Notable features
- The Model 3 is a mid-size, five-seat, four-door electric sedan with front and rear trunks; Tesla quoted a drag coefficient of Cd 0.225, lower than the Model S's 0.24, and the structure is mostly steel, with most body panels aluminum[2]
- The base model has a top speed of 130 mph and the Premium 140 mph; like all Teslas it can use Supercharger stations, which restore 170 miles of range in 30 minutes[1]
- At launch the base car was announced with a 50-kWh battery for about 220 miles and the optional pack with 75 kWh for about 310 miles, built from 2170-type cylindrical cells (21 mm by 70 mm) that Panasonic supplies from Gigafactory Nevada for Fremont-built cars[2]
- The minimalist interior puts most controls on a single center-mounted 15.4-inch touchscreen; the car has no front grille and every trim level has a glass roof[2]
- The hardware supports second-generation Enhanced Autopilot ($5,000, with a software update planned before year-end), while collision avoidance and automatic emergency braking are included[1]
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- [1]25%businessinsider.com/teslas-model-3-launch-deliveries-begin-photos-features-2017-7businessinsider.com· Posted Aug 1, 2017· Starts Aug 15, 2018 ✓· Ends Aug 16, 2018 ✓· 0% of score
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- [2]78%Tesla Model 3 - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org· Added Sep 22, 2026· 51% of score
Wikipedia's Tesla Model 3 article gives the Cd 0.225 drag coefficient, the 50/75 kWh launch batteries with 2170 cells from Panasonic, and the "center-mounted 15.4-inch touchscreen".
- [3]76%Tesla Now Says New Orders for Model 3 Won't Be Ready Until Mid-2018nbcnews.com· Added Sep 14, 2026· 49% of score
NBC News corroborates that Tesla revised guidance from "late 2017" to "mid-2018 or later" for new Model 3 reservations, in an article dated 18 October 2016 - well before the pin's stored 15 August 2018 date, supporting only the general mid-2018 timeframe rather than that exact date.
- [4]78%Tesla Model 3 delivery date moves to mid-2018 or later for new orderstechcrunch.com· Published Oct 18, 2016· 0% of score
TechCrunch's own headline and 18 October 2016 publish date report Tesla pushing new Model 3 order deliveries to "mid-2018 or later," nearly two years before the pin's stored 15 August 2018 date and only a general target rather than confirmation of that specific date; the page could not be fetched to quote directly.
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