Often Laughed At, Tesla Tent Production Credited With Saving Company

Tesla attracted more headlines than usual when Elon Musk announced on Twitter that the company is introducing a new Model 3 assembly line inside a sprung structure on the grounds of the Fremont factory. Casually dubbed by Elon Musk as a “tent,” the assembly line, dubbed GA4, played a huge part in pushing Tesla towards profitability in the third quarter.

Tesla’s “tent”-based Model 3 assembly line was featured in Elon Musk’s recent segment on CBS’ 60 Minutes. While speaking with correspondent Leslie Stahl, Musk remarked that the assembly line, which took only three weeks to set up, was responsible for boosting Model 3 production by 50%. That was enough to push the company to reach its self-imposed 5,000 Model 3 per week target in the second quarter.

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PUGPROUD - 12/11/2018 3:31:28 PM

+7 Boost

Tent city for homeless Teslas, love it!

zlives - 12/11/2018 3:57:18 PM

+8 Boost

tentcity=badmgmt
badmgmt=badfuture
badfuture=badsupport
badsupport=badproduct

CANADIANCOMMENTS - 12/11/2018 4:20:41 PM

-1 Boost

Necessity is the Mother of invention after all. When life gives you lemons, you can complain you don't have funds for a new building or you can put up a tent to make cars and get to work. Hate if you want (it's all some of you can do) or be happy for this uniquely American success story.

zlives - 12/11/2018 6:41:49 PM

+7 Boost

foresight, planning and infrastructure are literally the only reason, mgmt exists. if you are winging at mgmt in a billion dollar company with real customers dollars... its just bad mgmt

MDarringer - 12/11/2018 6:57:03 PM

+4 Boost

Success story? Do you not know of their insane debt?

Runamukk - 12/11/2018 9:39:58 PM

+8 Boost

Prolonged is more like it.

SanJoseDriver - 12/12/2018 3:54:23 AM

-6 Boost

Hate all you want, the company isn't going anywhere

mre30 - 12/12/2018 5:30:21 PM

+1 Boost

Tesla definitely is not going anywhere.

SanJoseDriver - 12/18/2018 4:33:19 PM

+1 Boost

Cute, anywhere = bankrupt = gone. They are the only US company growing while the others are shrinking.

EVisNow - 12/12/2018 10:00:29 AM

-6 Boost

Rather than trading barbs with the Tesla haters, I'd just sit back, relax and sip my morning coffee and watch Tesla "going nowhere" but up.

Tesla cars are everywhere now in America - and soon will be everywhere in Europe thanks to the ingenuity and hard work of the workers at Tesla. The work at Tesla is not yet done, Master Plan needs to run its course long before we can declare victory, but the outlook is better than ever.

senft - 12/17/2018 3:21:05 PM

+1 Boost

TSLA hasn't quite been saved yet, more the day of reckoning delayed. Checked their financials. Still rolling in the red.

SanJoseDriver - 12/18/2018 4:34:05 PM

+1 Boost

You realize there was no red on the last quarterly report right? They finally made a decent profit.