Prospective Tesla Model 3 owners line up to get their name on the list

Prospective Tesla Model 3 owners are reflected with a Model S inside the Tesla showroom as hundreds wait in line to get a $1000 deposit in on the new electric car model expected to go into production next year in Santa Monica, Calif.

(Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

March 31, 2016 11:08 AM PT

A prospective Tesla Model 3 owner puts down a deposit in on the new electric car model expected to go into production next year in Santa Monica, Calif.

(Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

Prospective Tesla Model 3 owners wait in line to get a $1000 deposit in on the new electric car model expected to go into production next year.

(Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

Prospective Tesla Model 3 owners wait in line to get a $1000 deposit in on the new electric car model expected to go into production next year.

(Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

Prospective Tesla Model 3 owner Lance Nelson, 27, West Hollywood, left, signs up with a Tesla sales associate for his $1000 deposit on the new electric car model expected to go into production next year.

(Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

Prospective Tesla Model 3 owners wait in line to get a $1000 deposit in on the new electric car model expected to go into production next year.

(Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

Prospective Tesla Model 3 owners line up to get their name on the list

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