Elon Musk, CEO and co-founder of Tesla, has unveiled the world’s cheapest fully electric car, Tesla Model 3.

The car, which was unveiled over the weekend cost $35,000 (N11,033,750 at official rate) for the standard version, while the long range version goes for $44,000.

The standard version can travel 354 kilometres on a single charge, and when charged for 30 minutes, it can travel for 209 kilometres.

Musk, who handed over 30 Tesla Model 3 to the first set of buyers, said the demand for the vehicle has surpassed supply till 2018. He added that the auto company had taken orders in excess of 500,000 reservations.

“It’s an amazing car, but we’re going to go through at least six months now of manufacturing hell… There’s 10,000 unique components in the car, and production moves as fast as the slowest one,” Musk told reporters.

“Demand is not a challenge for the Model 3… We do everything we can to unsell the car. Have you ever seen an ad for the Model 3?”

The Canadian-American said the car will not need servicing as often as other cars around the world, promising over a million miles before first servicing.

“We’re designing the Model 3 to ideally not require service. The next-generation powertrain is designed to be roughly a million miles between service, aspirationally.

“This is a great day for Tesla. it’s what we’ve been working for. The point of Tesla was to make a great, affordable car that was better than any gasoline car. It was never our goal to just make expensive cars.”

The car is in line with the world’s decision to move away from fossil fuel to electric cars before 2040.

https://www.thecable.ng/elon-musks-tesla-unveils-worlds-cheapest-fully-electric-car-n11m

No light to charge this car in Nigeria

What will now happen to our oyel



This oyibo people sef

medexico:
No light to charge this car in Nigeria

generator dey na

The beginning of the end of crude oyel

ideas....damnst

cosby02:
What will now happen to our oyel


This oyibo people sef

We'll start drinking it. We go hear wheeen!

wow

The downside of the standard version, for some Nigerian buyers, is that it won't be able to drive from Lagos to Onitsha on a single charge

medexico:
No light to charge this car in Nigeria

Yes there is, stop being a defeatist.

PDPGuy:
The downside of the standard version, for some Nigerian buyers, is that it won't be able to drive from Lagos to Onitsha on a single charge

Out of curiosity why this route specifically?

PDPGuy:

generator dey na

Don't mind them.

Solar dey and NEPA still dey too.

EgunMogaji:


Out of curiosity why this route specifically?

Its the route that a good number of Igbos ply every year

S

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What did you just say?



Did I hear cheapest?


Hmmmmm

kool

Is dat a dash board or a hanging laptop?

You can build three self contain with 11m. Waiting for the chiko version.

medexico:
No light to charge this car in Nigeria

if you live in bonny isalnd or all these IOCs estates in rivers state



an electric car could be fun

nh.

This car is very useless in 9ja like buhari...
we neva see electricity charge fone na come to power car

[color=#990000][/color]we stepping forward#

Its real, the era of oil is coming to an end. Are we prepared in Nigeria ?

You do not necessarily need phcn supply, just have a solar system installed on top of your garage

The standard version can travel 354 kilometres on a single charge, and when charged for 30 minutes, it can travel for 209 kilometres.

Musk, who handed over 30 Tesla Model 3 to the first set of buyers, said the demand for the vehicle has surpassed supply till 2018. He added that the auto company had taken orders in excess of 500,000 reservations.


this should be NIgeria friendly

just 30mins charge can take you to work and back for some days

The beginning of the end of the oil era.
How I like Elon Musk enterprise, hoping to be his partner in Nigeria. When the time comes.

political hyperbole

To all nairalanders