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The following section is an excerpt from Wikipedia's Tesla Model 3 page on 8 July 2020, text available via the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
The Tesla Model 3 is an electric four-door sedan developed by Tesla. The Model 3 Standard Range Plus version delivers an EPA-rated all-electric range of 250 miles (402 km) and the Long Range versions deliver 322 miles (518 km). The Model 3 carries full self-driving hardware, with periodic software updates adding functionality.
Limited production of the Model 3 began in mid-2017, with the first production vehicle rolling off the assembly line on July 7, 2017. The official launch and delivery of the first 30 cars took place on July 28.
As of March 2020, the Tesla Model 3 is the world's best-selling electric car in history, with more than 500,000 units delivered. The Model 3 was the world's top selling plug-in electric car in 2018 and 2019, and also the best-selling plug-in car in the United States. The Model 3 was also the top selling plug-in car in Europe in 2019.
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Photographer: Bram Van Oost Location: Beernem, Belgium
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Photographer: Sasan Hezarkhani Location: Mount Hood, Oregon 
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Photographer: Aditya Chinchure Location: British Columbia, Canada 
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| 4 April 2016 | Orders for Tesla’s New Budget Model Hit 276,000 | VOA News |
| 9 May 2016 | Your Model 3 order could be illegal in your state | Jason Cobb, TorqueNews |
| 27 June 2016 | Why I Won't Buy My Reserved Tesla Model 3  | Armen Hareyan, TorqueNews |
| 16 July 2016 | Why Tesla Model 3 Needs a Black Box | Armen Hareyan, TorqueNews |
| 11 May 2017 | Petition for Exemption From the Federal Motor Vehicle Motor Theft Prevention Standard; Tesla | Federal Register: NHTSA (Raymond R. Posten) |
