While it's fantastic to see the number of reservations rising, I was having a thought about Elon opening with the climate discussion, and thought I'd figure out the impact of the Model 3 at full production:
Assume: A Model 3 is replacing on average a 30mpg combined sedan, production volume of 500,000 per year, 12,000 miles/year/vehicle, and 19 gallon of gas per barrel...
So, 500,000 Model 3's cover 6 billion miles per year.
Avoiding the consumption of 200 million gallons of gasoline per year.
547,945 gallons per day.
Roughly 29,000 barrel of oil/day for each full year's production of Model 3s. The world is currently using somewhere around 90 million barrels a day. Clearly, Tesla isn't going to be able to do this on their own.
Let's hope the Paris deal, in combination with Tesla destroying demand for gassers in profitable segments, gets lawmakers and auto companies moving towards electrification faster...
Assume: A Model 3 is replacing on average a 30mpg combined sedan, production volume of 500,000 per year, 12,000 miles/year/vehicle, and 19 gallon of gas per barrel...
So, 500,000 Model 3's cover 6 billion miles per year.
Avoiding the consumption of 200 million gallons of gasoline per year.
547,945 gallons per day.
Roughly 29,000 barrel of oil/day for each full year's production of Model 3s. The world is currently using somewhere around 90 million barrels a day. Clearly, Tesla isn't going to be able to do this on their own.
Let's hope the Paris deal, in combination with Tesla destroying demand for gassers in profitable segments, gets lawmakers and auto companies moving towards electrification faster...