Tesla Model Y Caught Track Testing At Fremont, Cars In Production

[TMC Staff]

We’re counting the days until the Tesla Model Y hits owners’ driveways. It’s high time for Tesla to crank up its final testing stages of the Model Y and assure it’s ready for production and delivery. It comes as no surprise people are spotting it on public roads in various locations and out testing on...
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[peteyswift]

I've always been confused (worried) about "testing" at this late stage of the game (eg caught cold weather testing a month or two ago, and testing in different parts of the US in same timeframe). If they are producing these now, the supply chain for parts has been set for 6-12 months, so is most of this testing in the past couple of months just to tweak software? Because if they find hardware that needs to be changed, it would be pretty late to change it without a significant delay, correct?

 

[JohnSnowNW]

I've always been confused (worried) about "testing" at this late stage of the game (eg caught cold weather testing a month or two ago, and testing in different parts of the US in same timeframe). If they are producing these now, the supply chain for parts has been set for 6-12 months, so is most of this testing in the past couple of months just to tweak software? Because if they find hardware that needs to be changed, it would be pretty late to change it without a significant delay, correct?

That track doesn't exist just to test pre-production vehicles.

 

[DrDubbs]

I've always been confused (worried) about "testing" at this late stage of the game (eg caught cold weather testing a month or two ago, and testing in different parts of the US in same timeframe). If they are producing these now, the supply chain for parts has been set for 6-12 months, so is most of this testing in the past couple of months just to tweak software? Because if they find hardware that needs to be changed, it would be pretty late to change it without a significant delay, correct?

This car is essentially a larger Model 3. Im Im sure that the minor differences such as a slightly bigger body would require more extensive testing.

 

[Lhshockey24]

Tesla drives each car produced around that track after it’s built to check for any major rattles, etc. At least that’s what I saw in a behind the scenes thing a couple of years ago...