Tesla arrives in a few hours to produce 5,000 models 3 in one week

Tesla has achieved a long-standing and long-standing goal: to produce 5,000 model 3 sedans in one week, more or less. The 5,000th car was finished at around 5 am Sunday, a few hours after Saturday 's break at midnight for the full fulfillment of the rate promised by Elon Musk for more than a year.

The Tesla factory in Fremont, California, but not confirmed by the company, is probably still sufficient for Tesla supporters and investors to breathe a huge sigh of relief. Musk announced production targets last July, saying Tesla would produce 20,000 vehicles by December 2017. In the fall, it seemed increasingly clear that this would not happen. Musk had projected that about 1,600 vehicles would be produced during the third quarter of 2017 as production increased, but the final result was only 260.

The culprit, it will become clear later, was the Overconfidence of Muskians in itself. his staff and his technology. From the beginning of 2018, Musk recognized that the design of the Model 3 production facilities was too much about automation, especially on machines that ended up having problems with relatively simple tasks for the machines. humans. The company has been re-equipped, adding an additional production line, and hiring more workers to update.

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The goal posts were therefore moved, and the race at 5000 has preoccupied Tesla leaders, and his fans and detractors, all since. The near-failure this week marks the near-achievement of a goal set in February, after the challenges of Model 3 production have cleared up. Then, the company announced that it would produce 5,000 Model 3 per week by the end of the second quarter, Saturday night.

Late near success always means a delay in upgrading Tesla to profitability. Not later than last July, Musk said the company would produce 500,000 cars by 2018, a figure that now seems unlikely.