Tesla warns on challenges of scaling up production

Construction cranes stand beside building structures at the Tesla factory site in Gruenheide, near Berlin, on Sept. 20, 2020. The plant is slated to start production in the summer of 2021. (Bloomberg)

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Reuters

September 22, 2020 01:50 PM

FRANKFURT -- Tesla CEO Elon Musk warned about the difficulties of speeding up production as an expert cautioned that the automaker's increased reliance on large-scale aluminum parts could bring new manufacturing challenges.

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