Tesla (TSLA) CEO Musk: Model 3 Orders Surpass 180k in 24 Hours

Tesla (Nasdaq: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk said Model 3 orders have surpasses 180,000 in 24 hours. The average selling price was around $42,000, bringing the daily total potential sales to around $7.5 billion, Musk also said.

The following was posted to Twitter on Friday:

Model 3 orders at 180,000 in 24 hours. Selling price w avg option mix prob $42k, so ~$7.5B in a day. Future of electric cars looking bright!

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 1, 2016

Shares of Tesla are up over 3 percent on Friday's session.

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