Musk Says It's Going to Be ‘Hell’ Making the Model 3 Quickly Enough
- Tesla CEO reiterates plan to build 20,000 a month by December
- Reservation count for cheaper sedan now exceeds 500,000
Tesla Delivers the New Model 3, Here's a First Look
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Tesla Inc. is about to enter the road through hell, and it’s paved with intentions to make a whole lot of electric cars.
That’s how Elon Musk describes the task of meeting the lofty targets he’s set for the Model 3, a cheaper sedan that the future of his company rides on. Demand won’t be an issue -- reservations for the car now exceed 500,000, according to the Tesla chief executive officer. The herculean undertaking ahead will be to produce the vehicle at a scale the automaker has come nowhere close to achieving to date.