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    Tesla temporarily paused Model 3 production in February

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    Daniel Cooper
    Daniel Cooper
    03.12.2018

    Tesla temporarily halted production of the Model 3 in order to fix crucial bottlenecks in the assembly process. According to Bloomberg, the line at the company's Fremont plant was shut down between February 20th, through to the 24th. In a statement, Tesla said that its plans include pauses in production to "improve automation and systemically address bottlenecks."

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    Tesla says its Model 3 production nightmare is nearly over

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    Daniel Cooper
    Daniel Cooper
    01.04.2018

    In 2016, Tesla managed to ship 83,992 vehicles, narrowly missing its target of pushing 90,000 cars out of its front door that year. Now, the company has revealed its 2017 figures, saying that it produced 101,312 Model S and Xs between January and December. That figure doesn't include the new mass-market Model 3, of which the company was able to crank out 2,425 in the fourth quarter. Which, itself, is a big bump from the meager 260 it made when production began in Q3.