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Tesla Receives 115,000 Model 3 Preorders Worth $115 Million In 24 Hours (theverge.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the spare-some-change dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Over 115,000 reservations at $1,000 each were placed for the Model 3 in the first 24 hours. This gives Tesla a little extra operating cash. If each tech-savvy enthusiast who preordered the Model 3 in the first 24 hours follows through with their $35,000 purchase, Tesla would make $4 billion in sales. Right now, they're sitting pretty with $115 million from the down payment required for preordering. It looks like Tesla may have a big hit on their hands.

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  1. Score 101 by jez9999 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Good to see Slashdot finally take the leap to the digital age and do comment scores in binary!

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  2. Re:I have a suspicion... by Sique · · Score: 4, Informative

    11111111 is just -1 for a "signed byte" or a signed integer of 8bit.

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  3. $7500 federal income tax credit by zerofoo · · Score: 5, Informative

    Reserving one of these cars now increases the likelihood that your car will be eligible for the $7500 tax credit. As I understand it, this credit only applies to the first 200,000 qualifying vehicles sold by a manufacturer. At last estimates, Tesla sold about 100,000 or so vehicles which leaves about 100,000 credits left.

    I reserved mine last night. The deposit is fully refundable. At the very least, I think I've got a shot at getting the federal credit.

    It's not a bad deal.