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But if Tesla can keep up the pace – without having to pay overtime and not having to hire more employees – that's another issue that weighs heavily on investors.
Musk dictated the pace of the Model 3 production line, attracting the attention of his engineers when production slowed down or stopped due to problems with assembly robots, indicated an official. 19659003] Tesla built a new production line in just two weeks in a huge tent outside the main factory, an unprecedented move in an industry that takes years to plan its assembly lines. "They borrowed people from our line all day to cover their intervals (from the Model 3 production line) so that production would continue," said a Model S production line worker on Sunday.
"They put the model 3 before the S is painted to reach the target of 5000," said the official. "The painting department can not handle the volume."
Due to the emphasis on model 3, the S line was left with a line of about 800 cars late to enter the paint shop, said the manager. ] Any potential breakdown of Model S and X lines could also threaten Tesla's goal of assembling 100,000 of these vehicles by 2018. Tesla has delivered 49,489 of these cars in the first half of this year. year.
Tesla stated that there was no disruption in the productivity of the S and X models and noted that he also manufactured 1,913 units of these vehicles during the last week of quarter with model 3. A spokesperson also said that employees of lines S and X volunteered to help produce the model 3
Tesla assembled a total of 28,578 units of model 3 in the second quarter and 40,989 since the start of production of the sedan last July, the company said.
Some employees fear that the pace will slow down and the long hours may exhaust workers. An employee said that he had been told to continue working until they reached the daily production goal, not at the end of their shift. "They said that from tomorrow we would be ready to work until noon," said the Model S line worker on Monday. "It's gonna be in 12 hours and I've got it." Feel like it's going to be six days a week. "
And after all the effort, Sunday morning July 1, about five hours after the end of the second quarter, the number 5,000 shone on a countdown screen installed on the Model 3 assembly line. 19659002] To reach the target, Tesla is ready to "spend all that's right," said a factory official in Calif., Citing the new line of battery assembly that has was shipped from Europe on cargo aircraft in May.
