Tesla CEO Elon Musk says the massive tent set up to house a Model 3 manufacturing line at the Fremont, Calif. factory was necessary to reach the company’s 5,000 cars per week goal by the end of the quarter.
Musk previously shared a photo inside the tented assembly line showing the first performance version of the Model 3.
Amazing work by Tesla team. Built entire new general assembly line in 3 weeks w minimal resources. Love u guys so much! Pic of 1st Model 3 dual motor performance coming off the line … pic.twitter.com/Xr55P3fmGd
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 16, 2018
Answering questions on Twitter, Musk said the company did not have time to construct an actual building, but the tent went up in about two weeks.
Needed another general assembly line to reach 5k/week Model 3 production. A new building was impossible, so we built a giant tent in 2 weeks. Tesla team kfa!! Gah, love them so much ♥️🚘💫
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 19, 2018
It’s actually way better than the factory building. More comfortable & a great view of the mountains.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 19, 2018
Musk said the company may actually favor the tent to a building. “More comfortable & a great view of the mountains,” he tweeted.
Musk said the whole assembly line was built using scrap Tesla had in warehouses. “And it’s way better than the other GA line that cost hundreds of millions!” he tweeted.
They also poured the concrete & built the whole assembly line using scrap we had in warehouses. And it’s way better than the other GA line that cost hundreds of millions!
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 19, 2018
Musk also also said that the Tesla Grohmann line is now running at Gigafactory 1.