Those tight paint emissions limits exist because the Fremont plant is located in the middle of densely populated residential areas whose residents' lungs need t

Those tight paint emissions limits exist because the Fremont plant is located in the middle of densely populated residential areas whose residents' lungs need to be protected. It's an open secret at this point that these limits do indeed create a bottleneck for Tesla, which gets around it by applying a thinner coat to new cars coming through its paint shop. https://www.thedrive.com/tech/28339/tesla-air-quality-compliance-violations-center-on-troubled-paint-shop https://www.thedrive.com/tech/28339/tesla-air-quality-compli...