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Tesla has now over 325,000 Model 3 reservations – timeline of reservation updates

Avatar for Fred Lambert Apr 3 2016 - 3:08 pm PT
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After a highly anticipated multi-step reservation process starting with Tesla and SpaceX employees, followed by in-store reservations, which created long queues at Tesla’s retail locations, and finally online reservations just an hour before the unveiling, Tesla finally launched the Model 3 – its first mass market electric vehicle.

CEO Elon Musk has been updating the public on the number of reservations the company is accumulating and here’s a quick timeline of those updates:
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Tesla received 132,000 Model 3 reservations with deposits within just 24hrs – worth over $4 billion in backlog [Updated]

Avatar for Fred Lambert Apr 1 2016 - 12:03 am PT
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After a highly anticipated multi-steps reservation process starting with Tesla and SpaceX employees, followed by in-store reservations, which created long queues at Tesla’s retail locations, and finally online reservations just an hour before the unveiling, Tesla finally launched the Model 3 – its first mass market electric vehicle.

All those reservations were sight-unseen and yet, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced that the company already had a staggering 115,000 Model 3 reservations with deposits and they are still coming in. At a base price of $35,000, it represent a future backlog of orders worth over $4 billion.
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‘Tesla Model 3’ is trending on search engines – people want to see the long-range $35,000 all-electric sedan

Avatar for Fred Lambert Mar 2 2016 - 1:26 pm PT
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There’s no doubting the excitement around the imminent unveiling of Tesla’s third generation car, the Model 3, on March 31st. Last week we reported that Tesla store employees are expecting waiting lines of people trying to get an early reservation in the morning, likely even before they get to see the vehicle.

Additionally, we found out that as of late, the search term “Tesla Model 3” has been trending on search engines, which adds to the evident interest for the upcoming vehicle.

Here’s a quick look at the historical interest of Tesla related search terms over time via Google’s trends tools:
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Tesla has over 24,000 Model X reservations, twice as much as they had for the Model S

Avatar for Fred Lambert Jun 30 2015 - 9:43 am PT
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A few months ahead of the launch of the Model X, Tesla could have over 24,000 reservations for the crossover-SUV, twice as much as the company had for the Model S before its official launch in 2012. Tesla confirmed back in December that they had around 20,000 reservations for the vehicle, the company could have added more than 4,000 reservations during the past 2 quarters. This number is in line with a tally created by members of the Tesla Motors Club. 
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