The Model 3 is Tesla's first proper mass-produced car, with a production volume goal of 500,000 units in 2018.
That's a very aggressive ramp-up from the approximately 85,000 cars the company sold in 2016.
Helping that volume is a much simpler design for the Model 3 than either the Model S or Model X that came before, and helping demand is the price: around $35,000.
Musk shared two pictures of the car sitting outside the company's Fremont factory, painted a subtle black, giving us our first look at the final production version of the car.
The identities of the lucky recipients of cars number three through 30 remain to be seen, but surely we'll be seeing more of those machines as we get closer to the end of the month.
Musk previously revealed that the first Model 3s would be delivered to those within the company in an effort to iron out any faults or issues before deliveries commence to the wider public.
It is not known exactly how many units will initially go to Tesla employees but we know the first 30 examples will be delivered to customers on July 28. A total of 100 customers will then receive their Model 3s in August before production ramps up and deliveries reach 1,500 in September.
Elon Musk tweets pictures of first Tesla Model 3 production car.
First Production Model 3 pic.twitter.com/TCa2NSUNI3— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 9, 2017