Tesla to shut down plant for a week to prepare for Model 3 production
Tesla says the planned pause will allow the company to add capacity to the existing paint shop to prepare it for the Model 3
Detroit/San Francisco — Tesla said on Wednesday it would shut down production at its California assembly plant for a week in February to prepare for production of its high-volume Model 3 sedan, moving the company closer to meeting its target to start production in July. Tesla said the "brief, planned" pause would allow the company to add capacity to the existing paint shop to prepare it for the Model 3, and other general maintenance. "This will allow Tesla to begin Model 3 production later this year as planned and enable us to start the ramp towards 500,000 vehicles annually in 2018," said a Tesla spokesperson. He added that the pause was not expected to have a material effect on first-quarter production or delivery figures, as the company had added production days to compensate. Separately, sources said that the luxury electric carmaker planned to begin test-building the Model 3 on February 20. Last year Tesla CEO Elon Musk told investors and more than 370,000 customers who put dep...
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