Tesla recently confirmed that they had “production bottlenecks” limiting the volume of Model 3 vehicles produced. The exact issue was never disclosed, but Elon Musk is now hinting that at least one of the bottlenecks, a potentially serious one, is coming from Gigafactory 1. It could be anything from the battery cell level to the battery pack level, or even the drive unit production lines, which are also located at the factory.



There are probably more eyes on the Model 3’s production program than any other automotive program ever. As previously mentioned, Tesla is trying over the next few months to produce the Model 3 at a rate of 5,000 units per week, which is unprecedented for an electric car. We need to keep that in mind when Musk adds comments like that or his previous warning to “assume the worst” about potential delays. Tesla is still listing “late October” on its website for first regular customer deliveries.

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