Tesla opened up orders for its long-awaited Model 3 electric vehicle this week, and everybody went nuts.
The company booked 200,000 in orders by Friday, CEO Elon Musk said on Twitter, after people lined up to place $1,000 deposits to reserve one of the cars. When it’s actually ready, in late 2017 at the earliest, they’ll have to plonk down another $34,000 or more to actually own one.
But before they do that, people looking to buy a “mass market” electric vehicle are going to have another option: Chevrolet’s Bolt.
Chevy rolled out its prototype for the Bolt in January, at the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show, and we got to drive one.