Report from the Tesla Model 3 trenches: lines, camaraderie, deposits
![Buyers waiting to reserve Model 3 electric car, Tesla Store, Santa Barbara, CA [photo: David Noland]](https://i1.wp.com/images.hgmsites.net/tmb/buyers-waiting-to-reserve-model-3-electric-car-tesla-store-santa-barbara-ca-photo-david-noland_100551110_t.gif?w=90)
I figured I’d be smart, and get to the Tesla Store at 8:30 a.m., half an hour before it opened. That would get me in line for the Model 3 before everyone but a few die-hard camper-outers. Boy, was I wrong. As I pulled up to the store in Santa Barbara, California, this morning, the parking lot was already full. DON’T MISS: Tesla Model 3… …read more