Tesla’s ready to roll

LOS ANGELES: The long-awaited first Tesla Model 3 electric car for the public is rolling off the assembly line pending a “final checkout”.

“Production Unit 1 of Model 3 is now built and going through final checkout,” Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted on Saturday and unveiled the pictures of an actual Model 3.

The first 30 new cars is set to be delivered to customers on July 28.

Musk tweeted on Monday that 100 cars will be produced in August and more than 1 500 in September and they “can reach 20 000 Model 3 cars a month in December.”

They will cost about $35 000 (R468 387) each.