Elon Musk just unveiled the car that will drive Tesla's future. Here's everything you need to know about the Model 3: a $35,000 electric car that could make the company accessible to many more consumers. More than 100,000 people have already pre-ordered the car, and Tesla says it expects to ship them late next year.
The California-based firm unveiled the five-seater car - its lowest-cost vehicle to date - on Thursday.
Mr Musk tweeted the total reflected the orders received by the end of Saturday.
Pre-orders of the Model 3 will not necessarily all translate into actual sales when the car is released, with first deliveries in late 2017.
It can be ordered in advance in dozens of countries, including the UK, Republic of Ireland, Brazil, India, China and New Zealand.
Potential car owners need to put down $1,000 deposits to reserve their vehicles.
Such has been the interest that Mr Musk tweeted the company was "definitely going to need to rethink production planning".
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