Ask HN: Will Tesla's Model 3 be released soon enough for it to be drivable?

Zero. A car without a steering wheel wouldn't be street legal. Regardless of the pace of technological advancement in self-driving cars, the 50 states will not all have revised their individual motor vehicle laws by 2018.

2018 is unfathomable for the Model 3. Hopefully 2020 is more realistic if they can survive past their Model X issues. I have friends at Tesla, some in the service centers, and they said there are still less than 1000 Model X's on the road, and there are still problems.

Yes, they raised $200 million from the Model 3 debut, but they are spending $100 million per week, so that doesn't dent their spending.

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Driverless cars are legal in 3 states.