I drove past the Tesla plant in Fremont yesterday. The South lot had more than 20 auto-trailer trucks, fully loaded, and lined up to roll, sitting in a sea of 3s. It actually looked like they had produced so many that they didn't have enough drivers to haul them away.
It actually looked like they had produced so many that they didn't have enough drivers to haul them away.
There's actually quite a large driver shortage right now. On one route we use at work, the rate doubled in the last year. The report was that some of the drivers are just fine with the life they were living before they got a big bump in pay, and want to drive less and make the same money.
Tesla did not want to hit the 200k domestic sale number till the start of a quarter to maximize the number of people who get the full $7500 federal tax credit. They were close to the number, so they have probably been storing up model 3's to hit the limit soon after July 1.
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I drove past the Tesla plant in Fremont yesterday. The South lot had more than 20 auto-trailer trucks, fully loaded, and lined up to roll, sitting in a sea of 3s. It actually looked like they had produced so many that they didn't have enough drivers to haul them away.
There's actually quite a large driver shortage right now. On one route we use at work, the rate doubled in the last year. The report was that some of the drivers are just fine with the life they were living before they got a big bump in pay, and want to drive less and make the same money.
Tesla did not want to hit the 200k domestic sale number till the start of a quarter to maximize the number of people who get the full $7500 federal tax credit. They were close to the number, so they have probably been storing up model 3's to hit the limit soon after July 1.