How many Model 3s were built this week?

[NigelM]

Extremely unlikely.

They have thousands of orders to fill with Tesla and SpaceX employees who have agreed to be beta testers.

How are they supposed to start on the order backlog if they wait a few months to get and address all the feedback from the first production deliveries?

I didn't say they'd be waiting "months", just that it'd be sensible to pause during this past week.

 

[david_42]

Waiting for AWD. Its been over a year and a half. What's another year?

Been waiting for over a decade. We'll get ours next summer.

Inquiring minds wish to know: what happen to Musk that makes him so afraid of hatchbacks? That form factor may not be a big thing in the USA, but it is extremely popular in Europe. Maybe we will see one when the European factory gets running.

 

[bonnie]

I didn't say they'd be waiting "months", just that it'd be sensible to pause during this past week.

Quit trying to inject common sense. Just stop it.

 

[3Victoria]

No pause, keep making cars, and debug on the fly.

 

[Stolz25]

Been waiting for over a decade. We'll get ours next summer.

Inquiring minds wish to know: what happen to Musk that makes him so afraid of hatchbacks? That form factor may not be a big thing in the USA, but it is extremely popular in Europe. Maybe we will see one when the European factory gets running.

This has been covered repeatedly. They said the extra pillar required for the hatchback hurt rear headroom and had a negative effect on the aero drag.

 

[Garlan Garner]

Been waiting for over a decade. We'll get ours next summer.

Inquiring minds wish to know: what happen to Musk that makes him so afraid of hatchbacks? That form factor may not be a big thing in the USA, but it is extremely popular in Europe. Maybe we will see one when the European factory gets running.

Afraid? Who says he's afraid?

 

[Stolz25]

Afraid? Who says he's afraid?

Well only 50% of Tesla vehicles have hatches, so clearly afraid right?

 

[Garlan Garner]

Well only 50% of Tesla vehicles have hatches, so clearly afraid right?

What? You need to explain.

 

[3s-a-charm]

For what it's worth... I may or may not have been on a recent factory tour and may have seen the Model 3 line not actually producing cars yet but there were guys programming the robots/machines. It looked 100% "ready" but I theorize that the first 30 deliveries were hand-assembled and that actual production on the line hasn't quite started yet but is VERY close to doing so. If they get it running, cranking out 100 cars in August will not be an issue.

 

[Garlan Garner]

For what it's worth... I may or may not have been on a recent factory tour and may have seen the Model 3 line not actually producing cars yet but there were guys programming the robots/machines. It looked 100% "ready" but I theorize that the first 30 deliveries were hand-assembled and that actual production on the line hasn't quite started yet but is VERY close to doing so. If they get it running, cranking out 100 cars in August will not be an issue.

I don't really care if the cars were machine made or hand made.

Porsche, Lamborghini, Ferrari's are all hand made. Their owners aren't complaining.

 

[Stolz25]

What? You need to explain.

I was being sarcastic. Saying he was afraid of hatchbacks was one of the silliest comments I've seen on here. And that is a high bar to clear.