Tesla Model 3 gets 134,000 pre-orders in 24 hours
 

Tesla Model 3 gets 134,000 pre-orders in 24 hours
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Tesla customers have reserved at least 134,000 of its much-anticipated Model 3 electric cars*within the first 24 hours of pre-orders.

The majority of those orders occurred before the car was even unveiled Thursday night to a raucous crowd in Hawthorne, California.

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During the presentation, Elon Musk, Tesla's CEO, revealed Tesla had received 115,000 orders for the vehicles, and that figure quickly climbed to 129,000.*





Translated, that's $129 million in pre-order deposits — *buyers had to put down $1,000 before seeing or touching the car, which starts at $35,000. Read more...


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