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Tesla's Long-Awaited, Lower-Priced Model 3 To Arrive Friday

The first of Tesla's significantly more affordable Model 3 cars should finish production by next weekend, CEO Elon Musk announced late Sunday.
A Tesla showroom in California. The company announced production of its long-awaited mass-market Model 3 car will begin Friday.

The first-ever mass-market Tesla should roll out of the factory this week.

CEO Elon Musk tweeted late Sunday that the company's Model 3 car "passed all regulatory requirements for production two weeks

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