Tesla Model 3 Unveiled As Fremont Plant Prepares For Orders

FREMONT, CA - Tesla CEO Elon Musk unveiled the long-anticipated Model 3 Thursday night in Hawthorne, in Southern California. Here are the details:

Price: $35,000

Range: At least 215 miles per charge

Safety: 5-star safety rating in every category

Speed: 0 to 60 mph in less than 6 seconds

The company began accepting pre-orders for the Model 3 on Thursday, with long lines reported in the US and Europe.

Online orders began one hour before the unveiling. In his remarks Thursday night, Musk announced that 115,000 pre-orders have already been taken.

Here in Fremont, Tesla’s assembly plant will be tasked with delivering the cars. The company has been ramping up for production.

• See: Tesla Has Hundreds of Job Openings in Fremont

New workers, robots and systems are in place, and hundreds of job openings are currently posted.

--Image of Model 3 via Tesla. Image of assembly plant WikiMedia Commons