Another setback for Elon Musk as Tesla halts Model 3 production again
Tesla is temporarily suspending production of the Model 3 sedan for at least the second time in roughly two months, just after Elon Musk admitted to mistakes that hindered his most important car. The company informed employees that the pause would last four to five days, Buzzfeed reported. A Tesla spokesperson referred to a statement provided in March, when Bloomberg News first reported that Model 3 production was idled from February 20-24. The car maker said then that it planned periods of downtime at both its vehicle and battery factories to improve automation and address bottlenecks. The hiatus is another setback for the first model Musk has tried to mass-manufacture. In addition to trying to bring electric vehicles to the mainstream, the chief executive officer had sought to build a competitive advantage over established vehicle makers by installing more robots to quickly produce vehicles. Last week, he acknowledged "excessive" automation at Tesla was a mistake. "Traditional aut...
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