After just a week, Tesla Motors already has 520 reservations for Model S

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5 points·MikeCapone··3 comments

>> "Tesla delivered 104 Roadsters to customers in March, marking the first triple-digit delivery month in the company’s history. Tesla delivered over 170 cars in the first quarter -- more than the total delivered in 2008."

Wasn't Tesla's secret plan to sell 1k of the roadsters, 10k of the model S, and 100k of the third model yearly? Looks like they're well on their way to meet the first goal... not too bad.

Edit: This is the secret plan blogpost: http://www.teslamotors.com/blog2/?p=8 , but I can't find the numbers that I thought I read there.

My fanboyish love for Tesla Motors aside, I found this quote the most interesting part of that link:

"I can say that the second model will be a sporty four door family car at roughly half the $89k price point of the Tesla Roadster and the third model will be even more affordable."

The Roadster, last I checked, retails for $109,000 and qualifies you for a $7,500 tax credit. We'll see if they can hit their target of $57,000 for the Model S.

Tesla has a long, long road ahead, IMHO. Who wants a car that can't be driven for more than a few hundred miles without a charge? So limiting...

Fisker, on the other hand, is the future (again IMHO). It will be interesting to see these two companies battle it out going forward.

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