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Tesla’s latest assembly line is under a fabric structure
October 1st, 2018
Tesla CEO Elon Musk shocked the automobile and tech worlds in June when he tweeted: “Needed another general assembly line to reach 5k/week Model 3 production. A new building was impossible, so we built a giant tent in two weeks.” The “tent”—or more accurately, tensioned membrane structure—at Tesla’s Fremont, Calif., plant helped the company meet […]