April 16th 2020
The Chinese-manufactured Tesla Model 3 orders witnessed a sharp rise with 20,000 purchases in 24 hours, where 10 orders came in one minute alone, the Tesmanian blog reports. To show this surge in sales, Tesmanian.com tweeted that 10 orders were placed on Saturday, April 11, 2020, at 4:35 PM Beijing time from customers in different Chinese cities.
Tesla Giga 3 Shanghai China-Made Model 3 Order Skyrocket, 10 Orders in 1 minute https://t.co/VVnGmA53JN pic.twitter.com/t4J3cMtaJy
— Tesmanian.com (@Tesmanian_com) April 12, 2020
Since Tesla commenced the order-taking at its Giga 3 Shanghai factory, a large number of Model 3 orders have been pouring in. Tesla revealed the price of its RWD Long Range Model 3 starts at ¥366,550 (~$52,000), with government subsidies dropping it to ¥339,050 (~$48,000). The slightly-expensive AWD Performance Model stands at ¥419,800 (~$59,500), while its subsidies are yet to be announced.
Although still unofficial, these reports indicate a favorable outcome for the automaker, if true. As automakers all over the globe attempt to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, these massive orders for Model 3 will greatly mitigate the effects of Tesla’s initial production shutdown.
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