Hundreds of Model 3s Are Rolling Out of the Tesla Factory

[Baclava]

Good news, I think


This marks a significant acceleration in production for the electric car company.

Tesla has been hyping its Model 3 vehicles since they were announced in 2014. The car was designed to be an affordable all-electric sedan, but despite receiving approximately half a million pre-orders the company has so far only delivered a few hundred units. However, that might be about to change: Electrek is reporting that ‘hundreds’ of new Model 3s have been leaving the Tesla factory over the past few days.

Electrek published drone video footage yesterday of a parking lot at the Tesla factory in Fremont full of Model 3s being loaded onto trucks. This comes after footage last week of the that same factory with an estimated 500 Model 3s in the same parking lot. It’s unclear whether the footage published yesterday features the same cars as the video published a week ago, or if these are new cars.

This means that Tesla might be on track to meet its 2018 goal of 5,000 vehicles per week by March 2018. If that’s the case, people might not have to wait as long for their cars as they thought.

http://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/hybrid-electric/a14511730/hundreds-of-model-3s-are-rolling-out-of-the-tesla-factory/

[Ferrets are Cool]

1. I am the "glass half empty" guy...

but how long till no one in America can afford to actually BUY a new car?

[Ellipsis]

2. We'll get a smaller glass and pour your milk in that...

Optimism, it's what's for dinner.

[madamesilverspurs]

3. I'm waiting

for a new car that someone living on Social Security can afford.

But I'm not holding my breath.


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[PoindexterOglethorpe]

4. What do they cost?

That's the bottom line.

Oh, dear. I just looked it up. Starting at $35k. I'm sorry, but that's significantly above what I can possibly afford to pay for a car.

Once they are available at no more than $23k I might consider one. Until then, Honda Civic or a Honda Fit.

[NickB79]

6. I believe the federal tax credit for buying an EV was axed in the tax reform bill too

My next car will be used and under 10K.

[Zorro]

7. The tax credit survived in the Republican tax reform bill

[ffr]

5. Tesla's are brilliant cars to drive. Quite fun too.