Tesla’s halt of Model 3 production is due to a comprehensive set of upgrades that will allow it to ramp up production to up to 4,000 cars per week in May, when another upgrade will set up for a “burst-build target rate” of 6,000 vehicles per week by end-June, according to a leaked email sent by Elon Musk to Tesla employees at around 12:30 p.m. Pacific on Tuesday. “Please note that all areas of Tesla and our suppliers will be required to demonstrate a Model 3 capacity of ~6000/week by building 850 sets of car parts in 24 hours no later than June 30th,” Musk wrote in the email obtained by Jalopnik, adding that all Model 3 production at Fremont will move to 24/7 operations. This means that Tesla will be adding another shift to general assembly, body and paint, Musk said, now targeting 1,000 more Model 3s per […]