History of the electric vehicle Model X, together with several variants of the Tesla Model S line-up. The Tesla Model 3 was unveiled on 31 March 2016. With pricing starting at and an all-electric range of , the Model 3 is Tesla Motors first vehicle aimed for the mass market. Before the unveiling event, over 115,000 people had reserved the Model 3. , one week after the event, Tesla Motors reported over 325,000 reservations, more than triple the 107,000 Model S cars Tesla had sold by the end of 2015. These reservations represent potential sales of over . , Tesla Motors has sold almost 125,000
Tesla Model S after its introduction, with the largest share, 57%, in the US. With an estimated 12,700 units delivered during the fourth quarter of 2016, sales totaled about 50,931 units in 2016, making the Model S the world's top selling plug-in car for the second year running. The United States had about 29,156 units delivered, followed by China with 6,334, surpassing Norway as the largest Model S overseas market. , about 158,159 Model S cars have been sold worldwide since its introduction, making the Model S the world's second best-selling plug-in electric car ever after the Nissan Leaf (250,000), and ahead of