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04-09-2016, 05:32 PM
The world is ready for the Model 3. Is Tesla?
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By attracting over 325,000 pre-orders (http://mashable.com/2016/04/07/tesla-model-3-pre-orders/) in just three days, Tesla (http://mashable.com/category/tesla-motors/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) proved unequivocally that the world is ready for the Model 3 (http://mashable.com/2016/03/31/tesla-model-3-unveil/).
But is Tesla ready for the mass-market long-range EV?
SEE ALSO: What it's like to ride in the Tesla Model 3 (http://mashable.com/2016/04/01/tesla-model-3-first-ride/)
Sure, Tesla showed us a car. It's designed and debuted at least part of it, though the interior is still to come (http://mashable.com/2016/04/04/tesla-model-3-features/).
For traditional automakers, at this point, they'd be effectively close to the finish line. The research and design (R&D) is the hard part. Sending the final design into production is the easier part (I am speaking very broadly, of course)
That's because carmakers like Toyota, for example, have been building cars for almost 80 years, and they have the production process honed to a fine art. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/09/is-tesla-ready-for-model-3/)
More about Elon Musk (http://mashable.com/category/elon-musk/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Model 3 (http://mashable.com/category/model-3/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Tesla (http://mashable.com/category/tesla/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Transportation (http://mashable.com/category/transportation/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Cars (http://mashable.com/category/cars/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/73ICUUMWZQQ
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By attracting over 325,000 pre-orders (http://mashable.com/2016/04/07/tesla-model-3-pre-orders/) in just three days, Tesla (http://mashable.com/category/tesla-motors/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) proved unequivocally that the world is ready for the Model 3 (http://mashable.com/2016/03/31/tesla-model-3-unveil/).
But is Tesla ready for the mass-market long-range EV?
SEE ALSO: What it's like to ride in the Tesla Model 3 (http://mashable.com/2016/04/01/tesla-model-3-first-ride/)
Sure, Tesla showed us a car. It's designed and debuted at least part of it, though the interior is still to come (http://mashable.com/2016/04/04/tesla-model-3-features/).
For traditional automakers, at this point, they'd be effectively close to the finish line. The research and design (R&D) is the hard part. Sending the final design into production is the easier part (I am speaking very broadly, of course)
That's because carmakers like Toyota, for example, have been building cars for almost 80 years, and they have the production process honed to a fine art. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/09/is-tesla-ready-for-model-3/)
More about Elon Musk (http://mashable.com/category/elon-musk/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Model 3 (http://mashable.com/category/model-3/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Tesla (http://mashable.com/category/tesla/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Transportation (http://mashable.com/category/transportation/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Cars (http://mashable.com/category/cars/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/73ICUUMWZQQ