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 report states that Chinese buyers are buying more than twice as many cars from Tesla, which makes sense given how much they love their cars. 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. Published: 7:15pm, Even then, it is not yet clear where China falls on Tesla’s priorities for deliveries to international markets.
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 report states that Chinese buyers are buying more than twice as many cars from Tesla, which makes sense given how much they love their cars. 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.