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Accelerating Sustainable Transport
Model 3 combines real world range, performance, safety and spaciousness into a premium sedan that only Tesla can build.
Our most affordable car yet, Model 3 achieves 215 miles of range per charge while starting at only $35,000 before incentives. Model 3 is designed to attain the highest safety ratings in every category.
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Deliveries
Tesla expects to start first customer deliveries in the second half of 2017. Due to the waiting list, new customers ordering a Model 3 in May 2016 could receive it by late 2018. Any new reservations made will be delivered in 2018 or later as production ramps up at Tesla up to 500,000 cars per year.
The first Model 3 cars will be rear-wheel drive, while the all-wheel-drive versions will come at least six months after launch. The performance version of the Model 3 will come no earlier than April 2018.
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Design
In 2013, design chief Franz von Holzhausen stated that the Model 3 will "be an Audi A4, BMW 3-series, Mercedes-Benz C-Class type of vehicle that will offer everything: range, affordability, and performance with a starting price of US$30,000" that is targeted toward the mass-market.While technology from Tesla's Model S will be incorporated into the Model 3, it will be 20% smaller than the Model S and have its own unique design.
According to Tesla's CTO, JB Straubel, in October 2015 most Tesla engineers were working on the 3 rather than S or X.Since electric cars have lower cooling needs than combustion cars, the Model 3 does not have a front grille. Musk intended for the final design to be released on June 30, but the design was finished July 27 then it was not publicly released.[25] After the final design of the first Model 3, any further features would be included in future versions of the 3. The glass roof developed by Tesla Glass will be made of the same glass used for roof tiles a glass roof was introduced on the Model S in late 2016.
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History
The Model 3 was codenamed Tesla BlueStar in the original business plan in 2007.The name Model 3, originally stylized as "Model ☰", was announced on Musk's Twitter account on July 16, 2014 however the intended name was Model E that was abandoned due to Ford's trademark on the name Musk wanted the three current models to spell SEX, but settled with "S3X".
In early 2017, after trademark opposition from Adidas, the horizontal bars stylization was abandoned and changed to a numeric "3"
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