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It's arriving Friday and they still haven't released official photos of the interior nor have any options configurations. Really odd way to launch a vehicle.

https://www.tesla.com/model3

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The very first car comes off the line on Friday. The first deliveries are at the end of the month. First deliveries to the general public (i.e. not employees or specially chosen VIP customers) are still a couple of months out.

This is how they did the Model X. They had a reveal event, and at the end of that event they delivered the first six units on stage. Mere mortals didn't start getting theirs until quite a bit later.

The first model 3's won't have any extra options, Musk made that clear a while ago by discussing the wrong release of the X with too many options that ended up backing up the deliveries.

But they haven't even officially shown off the interior at all. The car hasn't been fully shown, even in its one configuration.

Why is that a problem? They've gotten a ton of Model 3 reservations before people even knew what it looked like. These are faith buyers.

Because Tesla still wants to exist in 10 years. If they disappoint eager buyers now it could be the last Tesla they'll buy. Next time they have to decide, most car companies will have a fully electric range.

There are some unofficial photos of the interior [1]. Its severely lacking, with a large screen just tacked on to the dashboard with no interface whatsoever. Musk says model 3 will be a smaller, less advanced version of the flagship S [2].

https://c1cleantechnicacom-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/files/201...

http://bgr.com/2017/03/24/tesla-model-3-release-video-musk-o...

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