Ngemuva kwe-Model S ne-Model X, sonke silindele ngokulangazela ukufika emakethe ye Imodeli entsha ye-Tesla 3. Kuningi osekushiwo ngale modeli nakuba, ukukhuluma iqiniso, kuningi osekushiwo futhi okusaqhubeka kushiwo ngayo yonke imikhiqizo yomkhiqizi, izinhlelo, izinto ezintsha kanye nobuchwepheshe. Iphuzu liwukuthi lena ikhetheke nakakhulu, njengoba kuzoba imoto ethengwayo yale nkampani ebiza kakhulu.
Ya Sikutshele ngeviki eledlule ulwazi oluthile mayelana nale saloon entsha ezimaphakathi, kodwa manje u-Elon Musk usephinde wakhuluma ezinkundleni zokuxhumana. Cishe ngaso sonke isikhathi lapho u-Musk, umnikazi kanye nenhloko ye-Tesla, evuselela izinkundla zokuxhumana, usilethela ulwazi oluthakazelisayo nezindaba mayelana nenkampani. Emahoreni ambalwa edlule uMusk ubonise nge-Twitter ukuthi, ngokusho kwakhe, kwakuyini iyunithi yokuqala yokukhiqiza ye-Tesla Model 3.
Imodeli Yokukhiqiza Yokuqala 3 pic.twitter.com/TCa2NSUNI3
- Eloni Musk (@elonmusk) July 9, 2017
Njengoba sesivele sazi, i amayunithi okuqala azolethwa ozayo ngoJulayi 28, kodwa kuzoba yizinyanga ezimbalwa kuze kube yilapho uTesla ekhiqiza izinga eliphezulu kakhulu lamayunithi e-Tesla Model 3. I-saloon kagesi iqoqa inani elihle lama-oda, cishe amayunithi angu-400.000 agciniwe. Izinhloso ezaziwayo kakade zomkhiqizo ukuletha amayunithi angama-30 kuJulayi 28 okukhulunywe ngawo ngenhla, 100 kuyo yonke inyanga ka-Agasti kanye ne-1.500 ngoSepthemba. Ekupheleni konyaka babona kusengaphambili ukukhiqizwa kwamayunithi angaba ngu-20.000 ngenyanga.
Njengoba sibona, i isidingo siphezulu kakhulu kunokukhiqiza, okungenani eyokuqala. Sicabanga ukuthi i-Tesla, ngakolunye uhlangothi, ifuna ukugada umhlane wayo uma kwenzeka kuba namaphutha okuqala kumayunithi ayo okuqala futhi, ngakolunye uhlangothi, idlale kanzima ukuze iqhubeke nokuba ngumkhiqizi "okhethekile". Nokho, leso sinyathelo ingase ingahlali kahle nhlobo kubathengi abangaba abathengi, abakhumbulayo, abangakhethekile njengamakhasimende e-Model X kanye ne-Model S.
- Eloni Musk (@elonmusk) July 9, 2017
I-Tesla Model 3 ingeyakho imodeli yevolumu ephezulu, imoto "yokufinyelela". Asikholwa ukuthi kukhona ikhasimende elijabulile libona ukuthi izinyanga zihamba kanjani kanti nemoto yalo ayikafiki. UTesla kumele akwazi ukudlala kahle amakhadi akhe, njengoba ukubambezeleka kokulethwa kuyamcasula.