Tesla Model 3
Credit: Tesla/Computer World
Response to the unveiling of the Tesla Model 3 has exceeded all expectations.
Over 325k cars or ~$14B in preorders in first week. Only 5% ordered max of two, suggesting low levels of speculation.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 7, 2016
Tesla will be expanding production plans.
http://electrek.co/2016/04/07/tesla-model-3-production-plans/
Lithium, “... between 15 & 20,000 metric tonnes of lithium carbonate equivalent to supply that demand,” are being discussed.
http://business.financialpost.com/midas-letter/tesla-motors-inc-ignites-a-lithium-race-among-albemarle-sqm-and-fmc
A large number of online vehicles represents a large hacking target, & the dangers can be substantial. All Teslas are Web-enabled, & have been hacked in the past.
So Tesla has hired Apple’s OS security expert
http://electrek.co/2016/04/04/tesla-apple-os-security-expert-hacker/ / supply Tesla Motors Inc.’s gigafactory Albemarle CorporationNYSE:ALB Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile ADR NYSE:SQM SQM FMC Corp NYSE:FMC supply 90 per cent of the world’s lithium Tesla’s facility industrial installation Nevada desert make electric cars mainstream reducing cost lithium ion batteries mass production investors price of lithium double triple plant opening lithium ion-powered age opportunities to profit increasing production plans minimize wait for Model 3 overwhelming number of Model 3 reservations increasing production plans minimize wait Model 3 reserve $35,000 long-range all-electric vehicle reservations Tesla hired Apple’s OS security expert connected cars hacking risk automotive industry IT security connected cars hacking risk Tesla IT security team Chris Evans head Google’s Project Zero team of hackers Google zero-day vulnerabilities /
