{"id":209194,"date":"2017-05-04T12:47:39","date_gmt":"2017-05-04T10:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=209194"},"modified":"2017-05-04T12:50:50","modified_gmt":"2017-05-04T10:50:50","slug":"tesla-model-3-on-track","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/motoring\/209194-tesla-model-3-on-track.html","title":{"rendered":"Tesla Model 3 on track"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/files.shareholder.com\/downloads\/ABEA-4CW8X0\/4408398536x0x940721\/8E9FC98F-343C-4D2E-8516-491DEFB9B69B\/TSLA_Q1_2017_Update_Letter.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Tesla said<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0its Model 3 development is nearly complete, and it is approaching the start of production.<\/p>\n<p>Release Candidate vehicles, built using production-intent processes, are being tested to assess fit and finish, and to support vehicle software development.<\/p>\n<p>Tesla added that road testing is underway to refine driving dynamics and ensure vehicle durability.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPreparations at our production facilities are on track to support the ramp of Model 3 production to 5,000 vehicles per week at some point in 2017, and to 10,000 vehicles per week at some point in 2018,\u201d said Tesla.<\/p>\n<p>Tesla is also\u00a0expanding its infrastructure to support Tesla owners by increasing the density and geographic footprint of its presence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis year, we plan to add nearly 100 retail, delivery, and service locations globally, representing an approximately 30% increase in facilities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/business\/206504-tesla-overtakes-general-motors-in-market-value.html\">Tesla overtakes General Motors in market value<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tesla said its Model 3 development is nearly complete, and it is approaching the start of production. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":160212,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29366],"tags":[35404,20719],"class_list":["post-209194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-motoring","tag-model-3","tag-tesla"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209194"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209194"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":209262,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209194\/revisions\/209262"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}