March 31, 2016! Write that Date on your Calendar!

March 31, 2016!

Write that Date on your Calendar!

That was the Day Tesla Allowed Reservations for the Tesla Model 3 to begin at their 221 Stores around the world, for $1,000 Each, with some exchange rates considered!!

It was also the date where Tech, Electric Vehicles, overshadowed simple Cars, and became an item of Desire - Bigger than any Vehicle in the History of Electric Vehicles! It began an Avalanche of Interest in Electric Vehicles over all - not just the Model 3, and set up one of the largest pre-order Demands of ANY Product in the Automotive World!

March 31, 2016 News Articles on Tesla Model 3 Reservation Line-ups:
- Over 200 Australians have lined up to pre-order Tesla's unseen Model 3!
- Tesla store at Mall at University Town Center sees more than 100 to reserve new Model 3!
- Long Lines at Tesla Stores for Model 3 Reservations Continues to Spread Worldwide!
- Tesla Model 3: in-store reservations - impressive lines of people are spotted around the world!
- Over 350 people were queuing around Sweden to pay 10,000 kronor in the reservation charge - to a car they have not even seen yet! Tesla Model 3 will show up in the night Swedish time. 
- From NYC to Zürich, Tesla addicts have lined up to reserve their Model 3 (TSLA)!
- People Waited Days in Line to Reserve a Tesla Model 3!
- Tesla Model 3: Impressive Lines Forming At Tesla Stores Around The Globe!
  (Scott Franco reports more than 500 people in line at Tesla’s Sunnyvale, CA location)
- 'Bigger Than the iPhone': Potential Buyers Line Up for Unveiling of New $35K Tesla!
- Thousands Line Up to Buy the Tesla Model 3, Sight Unseen: Atlanta, Fremont, Zurich...!

Cities Like Montreal, CQ; Calgary, AB; Toronto, ON; and many more, saw lines of people from as few as 60, to as many as 800 at one store!

Twitter Comments, like:
Line up wraps around the block for #Tesla Model 3 in #Vancouver
You can't even tell if the line is for the ne iPhone or the Tesla Model 3!
Over 200 People at Tesla Montreal waiting for the Model 3!
~175 at least in Austin, TX!

Instagram Comments:
Line for the @teslamotors #model3 is off the hoo at #parkmeadows #colorado. So Proud of you Bro!
Line for the @teslamotors #model3 is off the hook at #parkmeadows #colorado. So {Estimates suggest that ~1,000 people are lining up at Tesla Colorado – Lone Tree-Park Meadows.}

There were 115,000 Reservations even before the Reveal on stage of the first 3 vehicles, by Elon Musk and Tesla Motors Inc!

TESLA HAS 115,000 RESERVATIONS FOR NEW MODEL 3!
Elon shows the Model 3 and Announces 115,000 Reservations in the first 24 hours!

Tesla's Model 3 launch 'Just Phase 1,' Elon Musk says"
This $35,000 car isn't going to be viewed as a $35,000 car:
it's going to be viewed as a $150,000 car on sale."  
Ophir Gotlieb, CEO of Capital Market Labs.

Affordable Model 3 is Tesla's biggest test yet - Updated Friday, April 1, 2016 6:35AM EDT.

From the above - it can be seen that This is not just about another Car, Sedan, or Conveyance, but it is about a storm of change beginning to happen, that is being catalyzed by Tesla - with the Model 3!

Green Car Reports: How to reserve a Tesla Model 3 at stores and online (updated).
Also - go Direct to Tesla's Model 3 Page.

Accelerating Sustainable Transport: Why Does Tesla Exist?

"It's really important to accelerate the worlds transition to Sustainable energy and transport" - Elon Musk, at beginning of Model 3 Reveal (Video).
"We are experiencing Record High CO2 Levels: 403.5 PPM as of March 2016!"
"2.3°F Temperature increase since 1900"
Combustion Cars emit Toxic Gases"
"53,000 Deaths Annually [USA Alone] are Attributable to Transportation Emissions (2013 MIT Study)"

These points of concern lead Tesla to develop the Secret Master Plan!
So - as to part 3 of the plan, on the Evening of March 31, 2015, Tesla’s famed CEO, billionaire and inventor Elon Musk, delivered a compelling just under 23-minute unveil of the Tesla Model 3.
The Model 3 starting at $35,000 comes standard with an acceleration of 0-60 in 6 seconds. It also has a 215 miles range per charge, and will compete in the small luxury car market along with the BMW Series 3 and the Mercedes S-Class.

It has been a long time coming, since August 2, 2006, in fact! But the Unveil was worth the wait! 

As we’ve learned from every action film in history, “Secret Master Plans” rarely end when they’re supposed to. So for the next chapter in the Tesla story and more on the Model 3, Keep you eyes and ears open for Tesla News! (Hint - There may also be a Model 'Y' Crossover Utility Vehicle Coming, a Tesla Truck, and maybe even - something for the high Flyers - a Tesla Airplane!)

Now - as we go forward - we see more and more people discovering the Tesla Model 3, Putting in a Reservation, and telling Friends, who are going and putting in a Reservation for themselves!

Now we have stories in the Press, with these Revelations:

# of Vehicles	# of Hours	# of Days	# / Day Reserved
180,000	24	1	180,000
276,000	72	3	92,000
325,000	168	7	46,429
~390,000	336	14	27,857

The $35,000, 215-mile Model 3 is the final step in Tesla’s ‘Secret Master Plan’ - April 1, 2016.
In 2006, Elon Musk wrote a blog post detailing Tesla Motors’ “Secret Master Plan,” a highly-engineered scheme to change the world as we knew it. In short, the plan read:

Build sports car.
Use that money to build an affordable car.
Use that money to build an even more affordable car.
While doing above, also provide zero emission electric power generation options.
Don’t tell anyone.

The brand has completely failed at that last bit, but tonight, the final piece of the puzzle slid into place with the unveiling of the Model 3 — the EV for the everyman. The most accessible vehicle in Tesla’s catalog, the $35,000 sedan aims to bring affordable electric commuting to the masses with a base range of 215 miles and a targeted safety rating of five stars in every category.

Electric vehicles about to become mainstream: study - Posted Apr 15, 2016 8:56 am PDT:
A study out of Washington State suggests we could be on the verge of a tipping point when it comes to drivers adopting the technology. The Sustainable Transportation Lab at the University of Washington looked at the halo effect surrounding the sales launch of Tesla’s Model 3.

“In the first week alone, Tesla got 325,000 pre-orders. To put that number in perspective, that is equivalent to 25 per cent of all EVs on the road at the end of 2015,” says Don Mackenzie, an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at UW.

“Not only is the Model 3 generating interest in Tesla, but we saw a factor-of-three increase in Google searches [in Canada] for the BMW i3 and the Nissan Leaf. The Chevrolet Volt, which is arguably the Model 3’s closest competitor, saw Google searches increase by between five and 10 times at the time of the Tesla launch,” he tells NEWS 1130. “So, it looks like the Model 3 is benefiting the whole EV market, not just Tesla alone.”

The head of Tesla, Elon Musk, has said he wants to spark the entire electric vehicle industry, and MacKenzie says it is interesting to see that actually starting to play out.

Car and Driver Writes on the Tesla Model 3. Apr. 2016: 
Here it is, finally: the Tesla that most buyers might be able to afford. Tesla says the Model 3 will cost $35,000 before any tax incentives; sales begin in late 2017. The rear-drive version will have an estimated range of 215 miles and a 0-60 time of less than 6 seconds. With a bigger battery and all-wheel drive, a range of 300 miles is likely. The interior will have a 15-inch display for vehicle data and controls. Deliveries will start in California and move east as production increases.

It is genetically linked to all of its ancestors—both in the styling and in the many pounds of lithium-ion batteries packed into the floor (also, all but the Roadster have front and rear trunks). It owes a heavy debt to the other cars in Tesla’s lineup.

“For all of you who bought an S or an X, thank you for helping pay for the Model 3,” Tesla chief Elon Musk told the crowd, referring to the Model 3 as the culmination of Tesla’s “secret master plan” to hasten the arrival of zero-emissions, self-driving transportation by producing a series of increasingly cheaper and more-practical cars. “With any new technology, it takes multiple iterations and economies of scale before you can make it affordable,” Musk said. A mass-market car “was only possible to do . . . after going through the prior steps.”

Musk did let slip that there will be higher-performance variants coming, and prototypes were shown with big, carbon-fiber-accented wheels and with matte paint jobs. Can a Tesla performance sub-brand be too far off?

In its short history, Tesla has developed a passionate fan base. Just two weeks ago, the company sent out an email to its owners asking them to hit reply if they wanted to come to Los Angeles at their own expense to see the reveal of the Model 3. The invite included the chance to get a two-minute chauffeured blast up and down Jack Northrop Drive adjacent to the SpaceX plant. By all accounts, thousands responded. The 650 or so who made the cut for a launch party that, by Tesla standards, was a relatively intimate affair, flew in from as far away as Austria to witness Musk introduce the electric car he says he had in mind when he became involved with Tesla 12 years ago.

This Article also lists currently sold cars in the Electric Vehicle Field:
(Future) Tesla Model 3, Price: $35,000
 1. Chevrolet Spark EV; 2. Volkswagen e-Golf; 3. Ford Focus Electric; 4. Kia Soul EV
5. Hyundai Tucson Fuel Cell; 6. Toyota Mirai; 7. Nissan Leaf

Tesla Model 3 release date, news and features (13 Days Ago):
Tesla was founded 13 years ago and shipped its first car in 2008 – the Roadster. At a base price of $109,000 (£86,950, AU$191,888), it was a long shot away from Elon Musk's vision of an affordable EV.

It took four years before the first Model S reached buyers, which now starts at $70,000 (£50,000, AU$97,245) before incentives and is still not very cheap.

Now that the Model S and X are out the door, Tesla is ready to unveil its first affordable car – the Model 3.

The Model 3 is the first affordable Tesla, starting at $35,000 (£30,000) before any government tax incentives. It should qualify for the $7,500 federal tax credit for US buyers, which brings the price below $30,000 before state incentives, if you're among the early reservations.

Depending on the state you live in, more incentives are available to bring the price down even further.

Tesla is targeting an electric range of 215 miles with the Model 3 on the base model and plans to offer other configurations like the Model S and X. As an owner of a 2015 Nissan Leaf rated for 84-miles of range, 210 miles would save me the trouble of having to charge in public for 95% of my driving and let me drive from Tacoma, Wash. to Portland Ore. without stopping to charge.

Every Tesla Model 3 will have the hardware for Autopilot technology for semi-autonomous driving, including the base $35,000 model. I commend Tesla for this announcement as the Nissan Leaf has zero advanced driver assists and the Chevy Bolt will only have basic collision prevention driver assists.

Tesla Vice President says Model 3 reservations are ‘approaching 400,000’, real success will be delivery!
After a week, Tesla confirmed in a blog post having received 325,000 Model 3 reservations, another week later, O’Connell now says that “something approaching 400,000 people” have already reserved the vehicle.

The Vice President said that the public response gave the company confidence in investing in its production for the third generation vehicle, but in his opinion, there’s an even more important consequence of the number of reservations Tesla received:

“It delivers a message to the industry that there’s incredible demand for great electric vehicles out there.”

During the Q&A session, someone in the audience described the Model 3 unveiling as a “huge success” and followed up by asking how Tesla plans to deliver on all those pre-orders. O’Connell responded:

“It’s a success as far as it is right now. The real success will be delivering a great product at the volumes are possible and necessary.”

He then quoted CEO Elon Musk on his plans to increase production following the higher than expected number of reservations. He said that Tesla learned a lot from the Model S and now the Model X production ramp up. They will use this knowledge to get to higher volumes quicker.

O’Connell also said that Tesla plans to expand its lineup following the Model 3. He emphasized the Tesla pickup truck that’s been talked about before by CEO Elon Musk.

TESLA’S SECRET MASTER PLAN - How Elon Musk is making electric cool.
BY TIFFANY CRAWFORD | APRIL 5, 2016
Last week, Tesla’s famed CEO, billionaire and inventor Elon Musk, delivered a compelling just under 23-minute unveil of the Tesla Model 3.

The Model 3 starting at $35,000 comes standard with an acceleration of 0-60 in 6 seconds. It also has a 215 miles range per charge, and will compete in the small luxury car market along with the BMW Series 3 and the Mercedes S-Class.

Pre-orders, which made the company $115 million dollars in the first 24 hours, are available with a $1,000 deposit.

The orders were up to 276,000 by the end of Saturday, as Musk tweeted updates over the weekend.
His presentation, as expected, unpacked itself with a compelling case — to “accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable transport.”

The underlying mission behind Tesla and Solar City, a solar power company funded by Elon Musk, is to combat global warming.

The beauty of their design, the brilliance of their engineering – its speed, autopilot features, and supercharging capabilities, coupled with the luxury market entrance made Tesla, synonymous with electric car, highly coveted.

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- see My Electricfly Blog Post!