Tesla hands over the first Model 3s
Tesla's mass-market sedan began deliveries, more than a year after it was unveiled to hundreds of thousands of reservations.
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Tesla unveiled the Model 3 on March 31, 2016, with a starting price of $35,000. Hundreds of thousands of people put down deposits in the first week.
On July 28, 2017, Elon Musk handed over the first 30 cars to customers at the Fremont factory.
Production then ran into well-publicized difficulties, which Musk called "production hell". Tesla eventually ramped up, and the Model 3 became one of the best-selling electric cars in the world.
