Reservations for Tesla Motors Inc.’s Model 3 electric car have now topped 276,000 since the company began taking deposits on March 31.

The figure is staggering and could represent both an evolution for Tesla and for electric cars. Tesla CEO Elon Musk gave an update on reservations on Twitter late Saturday evening, after updating the figure several times since Thursday evening’s unveiling of the prototype Model 3, due out in late 2017.

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