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    Tesla's Model 3 'production hell' is testing Elon Musk's fix-as-you-go carmaking model

    by Russ Mitchell, Los Angeles Times Oct 27, 2017 5 minutes

    SAN FRANCISCO - When Elon Musk talks about the future of factory automation at Tesla, he envisions new breeds of robots and smart machines compressed in dense factories with little room for human operators, guided by self-learning software.

    "At the point at which the factory looks like an "alien dreadnought" - a nod to a video game spaceship - "you know you've won," Musk has told investors.

    But so far, the manufacturing of Tesla's new all-electric compact sedan, the Model 3, at its Fremont, Calif., factory is moving at a more earthbound pace.

    When Musk launched the car at an elaborate stage show in July, Tesla was anticipating a production rate of 20,000 Model 3s a month by the end of December. Over three months through September, though, Tesla had produced only 260 Model 3s - about three

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