‘I think we just became a real car company’: Elon Musk celebrates as Tesla hits 5,000 Model 3 milestone
The 5,000th car finished final quality checks at the Fremont, California factory and was ready to go around 5am PDT (8pm HKT), an insider said
Tesla nearly produced 5,000 Model 3 electric sedans in the last week of its second quarter, with the final car rolling off the assembly line on Sunday morning, several hours after the midnight goal set by CEO Elon Musk, two workers at the factory have said.
The 5,000th car finished final quality checks at the Fremont, California factory and was ready to go around 5am PDT (8pm HKT), one person said. It was not clear if Tesla could maintain that level of production for a longer period of time.
Musk said the company hit its target of 5,000 Model 3s in a week, according to an email sent to employees on Sunday afternoon and seen by Reuters. Tesla also expects to produce 6,000 Model 3 sedans a week “next month.”
“I think we just became a real car company,” Musk wrote. The company hit the Model 3 mark while also achieving its production goal of 7,000 Model S and Model X vehicles in a week, Musk said in the email.
Tesla confirmed the contents of the email.