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    Thursday 23 February 2017

    Tesla prepares for Model 3 Production in July, starting accident test comes about "positive"

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    Tesla's eagerly awaited Model 3 will start to see generation starting in July, before inclining to volume creation by September. The declaration was made Wednesday when Tesla announced its Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2016 refresh letter, amid which the organization uncovered that Model 3 creation was "on track" for July. 

    The news goes ahead the heels of late declarations that Tesla's manufacturing plant in Fremont, California had incidentally closed down operations in arrangement for Model 3 retooling. 

    Tesla CEO Elon Musk handled an assortment of inquiries around the Model 3 in today's Q&A call, amid which he additionally reaffirmed the organization's position that Model 3 will see volume creation of about 5,000 vehicles for every week at some point in the final quarter. Tesla hopes to slope Model 3 creation to 10,000 vehicles for every week in 2018. 

    Tesla Advanced Automation Germany framed through the securing of Grohmann Engineering a year ago will be in charge of building assembling forms that will be at first utilized for Model 3 creation. 

    Today's income report additionally affirms prior bits of gossip that Tesla would start test works of Model 3 models this month. Initially Model 3 models were constructed for the current month as a component of the organization's push to survey fabricating forms. Tesla demonstrates that vehicle advancement, inventory network and assembling have been prepared for volume conveyances in the not so distant future.
    “In early February, we began building Model 3 prototypes as part of our ongoing testing of the vehicle design and manufacturing processes.”
    The organization additionally uncovered in its income report that underlying accident test comes about for the Model 3 models were "certain, driving the organization to advance on its arranged July creation time period.
    “Initial crash test results have been positive, and all Model 3-related sourcing is on plan to support the start of production in July. Installation of Model 3 manufacturing equipment is underway in Fremont and at Gigafactory 1, where in January, we began production of battery cells for energy storage products, which have the same form-factor as the cells that will be used in Model 3.”
    The Model 3 will use Tesla's most recent 2170 elite lithium particle battery cell that is created in conjunction with vital accomplice Panasonic at the Gigafactory. As showed in the letter to speculators, Model 3 will have a similar battery cells as of now being delivered for the organization's Powerwall and Powerpack vitality stockpiling items. Demonstrate 3 battery pack creation is planned to start in the second quarter.

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