{"id":12509,"date":"2017-07-29T06:39:16","date_gmt":"2017-07-29T14:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/first-customers-get-tesla-model-3-electric-cars\/"},"modified":"2017-07-29T06:39:16","modified_gmt":"2017-07-29T14:39:16","slug":"first-customers-get-tesla-model-3-electric-cars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/first-customers-get-tesla-model-3-electric-cars\/","title":{"rendered":"First Customers Get Tesla Model 3 Electric Cars"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n Tesla CEO Elon Musk arrives in the company’s new Model 3 electric vehicle for a special event on Friday.<\/p>\n


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While more than 500,000 people have put down a deposit for the privilege of owning Tesla’s new Model 3, according to the company, 30 employees were the lucky few to receive their vehicles first.<\/p>\n

Tesla CEO Elon Musk took the stage at a companywide event in Fremont, Calif., on Friday night to hand over the vehicles. Approximately a half-million people have put down $1,000 to eventually own an affordable long-range all-electric car.<\/p>\n

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“The whole point of Tesla is to make an affordable electric vehicle,” Musk told reporters earlier in the day. While Tesla gets much of the attention in the electric vehicle world, this week would be considered momentous even without Tesla.<\/p>\n

Let’s consider the week:<\/p>\n