As part of efforts to continue improving the Tesla Model 3 production process, the company paused production of the model from February 20 to 24 for planned upgrades and adjustments to equipment and automation, it has revealed.
A few weeks ago, almost immediately after the quarterly Tesla conference call, emails went out to Tesla Model 3 reservation holders telling us that delivery timelines had changed. In particular, estimated delivery times for the shorter range $35,000 Model 3 were being pushed back — for everyone. Well, Tesla didn’t explicitly say they were being pushed back for everyone, but that’s what we gathered based on simple and straightforward logic.
Tesla has walked back some of the comments made by Elon Musk at the Q4 earnings call in a new filing with the SEC with regard to battery production for the Model 3, but the basic production targets have not changed.
There have now been multiple claims that Tesla staff members are telling Tesla customers that Tesla is sending out Model 3 configuration invites to batches of 5,000 at a time. If that’s true, it seems that 5,000 email invitations were sent in the past few days, 5,000 were sent approximately a week before that, and 5,000 were sent around November 21–22, going by crowdsourced information in this Google Sheet.
There’s been some hype this week that Tesla Model 3 production may finally be ramping up. The reason? A bunch of Tesla Model 3 customer cars were spotted at the factory ready for delivery. But there’s still plenty of reason to stay in your seat and hold the cheers for a future month.
Tesla has started sending out invites to the first non-employees to configure their Model 3s .
As I was editing this fresh article from Steve Hanley, I rolled up to the end and this line triggered the article I’m typing up right now:
Elon Musk has posted a video on Instagram showing the Model 3 production line operating at 1/10th speed. When will full production begin?
Now that the first Model 3s are out in the wild and it has officially beEN shared with the world media, the floodgates of fun details have opened up.
This Tesla Model 3 infographic features a handful of stunning charts on auto company production, market capitalization, revenue … and of course the Tesla Model 3.
