Tesla Model 3 News
Tesla shuts down Model 3 production for five days amid quality concerns
As press reports begin to mount up about quality issues with its critical Model 3, Bloomberg reported that Tesla will shut down the Model 3 production line to improve automation on the Model 3 assembly line at its factory in Fremont, California. The company says the shutdown has been long-planned... read more
2018 Tesla Model 3 Long Range: first drive review of 310-mile electric car
“The Tesla Model S was a moment. The Model 3 is a product.” That pair of sentences perfectly summarized the several hours we spent last month with the 2018 Tesla... read more March 19, 2018 by John Voelcker
Tesla employees say Model 3 parts need substantial rework after production
Electric-car maker Tesla is known for troubled launches, at least for the four products it's offered since the first Roadster in 2008. But the launch of the Tesla Model 3... read more March 15, 2018 by John Voelcker
Tesla Model 3 quality is terrible, but will it matter to buyers?
So we've finally had the chance to spend time with a 2018 Tesla Model 3, courtesy of a generous and devoted Green Car Reports reader. We'll have our first-drive report and a... read more March 8, 2018 by John Voelcker
Tesla now makes almost 1,000 Model 3s a week, Bloomberg tracker estimates
Production numbers for Tesla electric cars have always been slightly murky. The company announces deliveries only quarterly and refuses to break them down by country, meaning... read more February 16, 2018 by John Voelcker
Tesla Model 3 choke point: automated battery line equipment still in Germany?
Sometimes it's the task of the Tesla communications department to explain, or provide context, or simply clean up the confusion after CEO Elon Musk says or tweets something... read more February 12, 2018 by John Voelcker
Tesla Model 3 variants delayed; will some buyers lose $7,500 tax credit?
"Overall, I think, while there were challenges associated with Model 3 ramp, we were in a deeper level of hell than we expected, so a few levels deeper than we'd like to be... read more February 9, 2018 by John Voelcker
Tesla Model 3: what parts breakdown says about high-volume electric car
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has aspirations of vertically integrating his companies as much as possible, trying to avoid traditional suppliers wherever he can. While Tesla has been... read more January 11, 2018 by Bozi Tatarevic
Tesla Model 3 Long Range rating of 310 miles: Is it understated?
Amidst all the coverage on Wednesday of the Tesla Model 3 production numbers, we realized we'd forgotten one piece of the Model 3 saga. That would be the official EPA range... read more January 5, 2018 by John Voelcker
What was our most important story of 2017? Twitter poll results
Year-end roundups are an unavoidable necessity of the media business. They let editors and writers opine, and they fill space when there may be little real news. They also... read more December 28, 2017 by John Voelcker
What was the most important green-car story of 2017? Take our Twitter poll
Lists, news roundups, and general reflections are the usual order of business as a calendar year comes to a close. We've published more than 1,600 green-car news stories so... read more December 21, 2017 by John Voelcker
![Tesla Model 3 with BMW i3 driver Tom Moloughney, Dec 2017 [photo: Tom Moloughney]](https://static.hgmsites.net/images/cache/tesla-model-3-with-bmw-i3-driver-tom-moloughney-dec-2017-photo-tom-moloughney_100637360_151x113.jpg "Tesla Model 3: impressions of a BMW i3 driver (and reservation holder)")
Tesla Model 3: impressions of a BMW i3 driver (and reservation holder)
Getting an opportunity to road test and review a Tesla Model 3 electric car has thus far proved a very difficult task. Since the Model 3 launched in July, Tesla has only been... read more December 21, 2017 by Tom Moloughney
Electric car buyers' struggle: practicality vs luxury, Chevy vs Tesla
Competition for the title of most popular electric car has sparked a long and highly charged race between Tesla and Chevrolet. Though these brands offer vastly different... read more December 14, 2017 by VentureBeat's GreenBeat
How many Model 3s will Tesla deliver by Dec 31? Twitter poll results, again
What a difference a few months makes. In June, one month before the delivery of the first 30 Tesla Model 3, we polled our Twitter followers on how many of the lower-priced... read more December 6, 2017 by John Voelcker
Configuring a Tesla Model 3: buyer walks through the process with us
Very few of the 455,000 people who put down $1,000 to reserve a place in line for the Tesla Model 3 electric car have received the opportunity yet to configure their cars... read more December 5, 2017 by John Voelcker
Tesla Model 3 Long Range electric car tested by Motor Trend
Within the last week, we wrote that not one major automotive media outlet had independently tested the less-expensive and higher-volume Tesla Model 3. That changed on Monday... read more November 29, 2017 by Sean Szymkowski
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