Not quite Fremont levels, but still a healthy output figure. A new filing shows that Tesla intends to produce approximately 3,000 Model 3s in China per week in initial stages. Producing in China is essential to avoiding tariffs, which increase the price of imported cars. For Tesla, this has been a constant struggle with the Model…
The Securities and Exchange Commission and Department of Justice are investigating projections made last year about Model 3 production rates, according to a regulatory filing. The filing from Tesla admits to investigations regarding Elon Musk’s statement of “considering taking Tesla private,” as well as projections for Model 3 production made in 2017. Here’s the text…
The newest version of the Model 3 is now in production. First VINs (Vehicle Identification Numbers) have started to come in for the Model 3 Mid Range aka Model 3 MR. VINs are assigned to cars after the car enters production. First deliveries are expected next week. The Model 3 Mid Range was nicknamed ‘Lemur’ after Elon’s…
Performance Upgrade is now standard equipment. The fully equipped Tesla Model 3 Performance becomes $5,000 cheaper as Tesla included the $5,000 Performance Upgrade package as standard equipment in its top-of-the-line version. The base price still starts at $64,000, but that’s a far more attractive price than the $69,000 previously after selecting the Performance Upgrade. It…
More than 110,000 people are apparently driving in a Tesla Model 3. Bloomberg’s Tesla Model 3 Tracker indicates that production of the Tesla Model 3 exceeds 110,000 and today stands at 111,968 since August 2017. Despite the progress, the estimation tool still shows that the average production rate is below 5,000 a week, currently at 4,579….
Tesla Model 3 sales continue to prove the unimaginable. We’ve provided a multitude of articles about the incredible success of Tesla Model 3 sales this year. Deliveries got off to a rough start and lasted for many months when the car was first released. Production bottlenecks meant that only a handful of vehicles made their…
The Model 3 and Bolt are both long-range EVs, but that’s where the similarities end. The Tesla Model 3 and Chevy Bolt are the two leading compact electric vehicles that deliver more than 200 miles of range on a single charge. The Model 3 and Bolt are also, in theory, the first two battery-powered cars…
European deliveries begin sooner Last night, during the Q3 financial call, Tesla CEO Elon Musk let it be known that production of the Model 3 for regions outside the U.S. and Canada would begin early in 2019. Europe would begin seeing significant deliveries of the mid-size sedan in the “late-February/March timeframe,” while APAC (the Asia…
We dive deeper into the potential powertrain and profit analysis surrounding the all-new mid-range Tesla Model 3. We’ve had two very good articles on the Tesla Model 3 powertrain and implications on gross margin. Both are based on an analysis by Troy at Teslike (articles here and here). In those article Troy predicts the size…
Specially tuned vertical frequency? There’s a lot of innovation in the Tesla Model 3. There’s the unique permanent magnet switched reluctance (PMSR) rear motor; the integration of the controls into a single center screen. Even the vents in the car’s HVAC system are a completely new design. Now, we’ve learned more details about other parts of…
