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Electrek’s Take

Those two reports from CNBC certainly had a few issues and in this case, they are definitely confusing the role of part remanufacturing.

But with this said, Tesla definitely still has issues with Model 3 productions and those reports appear to be byproducts of those issues.

Now, despite Tesla’s claims of ‘hundreds of inspection and test points’, we have received a few reports of Model 3 owners not happy with the state of their vehicles at delivery. Though, that’s mostly anecdotal evidence and based on that, we have received way more reports of customers more than happy with their vehicles.

I estimate that Tesla delivered anything between 5,000 to 8,000 Model 3 vehicles since starting production last year. It’s not surprising that a few slipped through the cracks, but I wouldn’t say that it is a widespread issue in any way.

Though we have previously reported on several Model 3 service bulletins to replace parts on new cars being delivered, but those were especially focused on early vehicles made in 2017. It seems to have slowed down in 2018.

Either way, we should have a much better idea of the state of Model 3 production in just 3 weeks.