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- Employees assembling Model 3 vehicles at Tesla’s Fremont factory on the GA3 line were sent home early from shifts this week, three Tesla employees told Business Insider.
- One factory worker said the GA3 line, which is the main assembly line for Model 3 production, was sent home early on Wednesday without meeting goals.
- The worker said roughly 211 Model 3 sedans were assembled before workers were sent home three and a half hours early from their typical 12-hour shift. The employee said the company aims to make 300 Model 3 vehicles per shift on the GA3 line.
- In early July, Tesla CEO Elon Musk sent out a company-wide email celebrating the Fremont plant hitting the 5,000-cars-per-week benchmark, and saying the factory was on track to raise that figure to 6,000 cars a week.
- The worker said the email “was laughed at,” as the GA3 line has rarely hit its benchmarks.
- Tesla declined to comment on whether GA3 line workers were being sent home early and about internal targets for the Model 3.
On Wednesday, Tesla factory workers putting together the Model 3 on the GA3 line were allowed to go home early from the Fremont, California plant, leaving at 2:30 p.m. PT, instead of the usual 6 p.m., three Tesla employees told Business Insider. The employees spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of losing their jobs. See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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