Tesla aims to become global automaker

Tesla’s new Model 3 is a mass-market electric car designed to take the car maker from a niche player to a high-volume automaker

2008-12: Tesla Roadster

Price from: $109,000

Production: 2,450 units

374 NM Torque

251 PS Power

3.7 seconds 0-100km/h

201 km/h Top speed

393 km Range

501km: Roadster sets world distance record for production
electric car on single charge in October 2009

2012: Tesla Model S 

$71,200

931

692

3.2

249

483

Production: 112,400 units by March 2016. Production planned to
start in China

2015: Tesla Model X 

$132,000

1.200

773

3.2

249

400

Production: 750 units a week. Plans to more than double
to 80,000-90,000 vehicles a year

2016: Tesla Model 3

$35,000

Tesla took more than 325,000 orders in less than a week – corresponding to $11.4 billion in future sales. Production: Starts 2017  

Source: Tesla Motors, Inc., Neil Wintonkm

Pictures: Tesla Motors, Inc.