http://insideevs.com/tesla-model-s-production-now-at-400-units-per-week/ [image] Tesla Model S Production Now at 400 Units Per Week; 20,000 Annually by Eric Loveday [2013/01/26]
[image http://insideevs.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/The-production-line-at-Tesla.jpg At a claimed 400 units per week, Tesla is now reportedly producing roughly the same amount of plug-ins per week as General Motors. http://insideevs.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/2013-Tesla-Model-S-front-three-quarter-1.jpg It's gorgeous, isn't it? And now 400 are pouring out per week. ] Is Tesla Motors’ production facility in Fremont, California actually running at full bore? Well, that’s the latest word from the automaker’s director of Model S programs, Jerome Guillen, who told Automotive News (subscription required) that its assembly site is now running at capacity of 20,000 Model S electric sedans per year. If true, this means that the waiting period for the Tesla Model S is now under six months. Outstanding Model S order easily exceed 13,000 units, but Guillen says the actual number is “significantly higher.” However, Tesla won’t formally reveal that number until early February during a conference call with shareholders. And this bit of info continues to pop up each and every time that Tesla CEO Elon Musk is quoted: an electric sedan (a BMW 3 Series fighter) will arrive within four year’s time with a target price of $35,000. As Musk told Automotive News: - “The focus is on cost down. We’ve got the range. We’ve got the capability and ride and handling. Now it’s a question of how to optimize it.” Lastly, if production of the Model S truly stands at an annual rate of approximately 20,000 units per year, then Tesla Motors is roughly on track to produce as many plug-in vehicles in 12 month’s time as General Motors. How’s that for a startup automaker? Is it now time to drop the “startup” and instead consider Tesla a “real” automaker? [© 2013 Inside EVs All rights reserved] For all EVLN posts use: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=search_page&node=413529&query=evln&sort=date Here are today's archive-only EV posts: EVLN: VéLV A French Urban EV Idea From Peugeot Citroën EVLN: Crunching the numbers supports the case for EVs EVLN: How important is charging infrastructure to EV adoption? EVLN: EZ EV Money - How to earn money from electric car drivers EVLN: Mitsubishi Australia: The i-MiEV Is Staying + EVLN: BMW Recalling 1 Series ActiveE EV, NHTSA ID# 13V017000 {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Gorgeous-Tesla-S-EVs-are-now-pouring-out-at-400-per-week-tp4660982.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
