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Fremont has no more room. I think it's 6 assembly lines for the S, X, and model 3 (except for batteries and motors which come from Nevada). So they are at cap
by sliken 8y ago
Fremont has no more room. I think it's 6 assembly lines for the S, X, and model 3 (except for batteries and motors which come from Nevada). So they are at capacity and not changing anytime soon.
The model Y will use the battery and motors from the model 3 and Tesla is building a new assembly line in Nevada based on their experience building 3 assembly lines in Fremont. Given that the y shares 75% or so of the parts of the model 3, it shouldn't be nearly as hard as the first model 3 assembly line. I don't believe the model 3 shared any parts with the S and X, and obviously are targeting a much simpler and efficient production line to hit the much lower price points.
So given they are producing 5k a week model 3s and have learned quite a bit in the process it doesn't seem nearly as risky to start a new line for the Ys in Fremont. Time will tell of course.
- bryanlarsen 8y ago"Fremont has no more room" Yes, they'd have to switch a line.
- sliken 8y agoI'd love it if they did, seems like a retrofit for the 25% different parts would be MUCH faster than building a new line from scratch. I suspect the USA market no longer needs 5k m3s a week, but so far the Europe and China market demand seem to be healthy.