Published: 7:15pm, 28 Apr, 2016 Updated: 7:41pm, 28 Apr, 2016
As previously reported, Tesla has already received over 400k pre-orders for the forthcoming Model 3 electric car, and today the South China Morning Post reports that China is the second-largest source of those orders. "The potential (in China) is huge," Tesla global vice president Robin Ren said recently, without disclosing the exact number of Chinese reservations. This comes despite the fact that Chinese customers will have to wait much longer than their American counterparts to receive their vehicles, as international deliveries are not expected to start until American West Coast deliveries have been completed, which will not occur until late 2017 at the earliest. Even then, it is not yet clear where China falls on Tesla’s priorities for deliveries to international markets.