Updated: Follow The Tesla Model 3 Reveal Event Live Here

Well, the big moment is finally here: Tesla is revealing the much-hyped Model 3. Elon Musk’s company has done well to keep a tight lid on its EV for the masses, so we’re going in with only a faint idea of what the car will look like and what its stats will read like.

The launch event is due to kick off any time now, and we’ll be bringing you regular updates as and when reveals happen. You can watch the live stream here after adding in a few details, so open it up in a new tab and join the discussion in the CT comments below.

While you wait, check out our piece on what the Model 3 needs to get right in order not to suck. Keep hitting refresh on this page during the event to see the latest news and screen grabs coming from the Model 3 launch!

Update 1:

Only seven minutes later than scheduled - which is good for Tesla - Elon Musk is on stage, and he starts by saying the reason EVs are important is to accelerate clean driving and save the planet.

Update 2: Musk is now talking about his ‘Secret Master Plan’, which was to start with a low volume sports car, then a premium saloon, then the ordinary family car. Every word he says is greeted with whooping and hollering from the crowd - Tesla fanboys are even more fanatical than Apple fanboys…

Update 3:

Now it’s Model 3 time. It’ll be “an incredibly safe car,” and Musk says it’ll be rated five stars in every category. Even the base model 3 will do 0-60mph in less than six seconds - “at Tesla we don’t make slow cars!” - and there will be “versions of Model 3 that go faster.” The range of the base model will be “at least 215 miles”, with more expensive versions going further, and all will get Autopilot.

Update 4: All Model 3s will come with Supercharging as standard. With the other cars, access to the Supercharging network has come at a premium.

Update 5:

Tesla has already managed to produce 500,000 cars, and says to produce enough batteries for Model 3 it would have to use up all of the lithium ion production in the world. That’s why it’s built the Gigafactory, which has the largest footprint of any building in the world

Update 6: Price! $35,000 for the base model which will be “the best $35,000 car you can buy, even if you don’t choose any options.”

Update 7: Here it is:

Update 6: And that’s a wrap. A short event, but now we know what Tesla’s game-changer will look like, and now we know the stats it’s clear the company is on target to make a disruptive car. Musk revealed that 115,000 people have already ordered a car, so now the big question is whether Tesla can actually deliver.

Keep an eye on Car Throttle for hi-res pics as and when we have them.