The first ever fully electric SUV from electric car manufacturer Tesla Motors, the Model X, is reportedly getting better production focus in the company’s Fremont factory in California, compared to the Model S sedan.
It is obvious that the company wants to meet the huge demand from consumers when the SUV officially rolls out to the market in September this year that according to sources who have been into the Fremont manufacturing facility of the Tesla as of late, there are three to four more robots working on the Model X production lines compared to the Model S production lines, notes Clean Technica.
Tesla has an annual goal of selling 55,000 electric vehicles in 2015. It has sold about 20,000 units for its Model S sedan during the first two quarters of this year, and has received pre-orders of 20,000 units for its upcoming Model X crossover SUV set to roll out to the markets this coming September.
Around this time, 40,000 units are pretty much in the bag for Tesla and it has less than six months to selling or pre-selling 15,000 units and the company is confident that it can do so and meet its target deliveries for the year.
The good news is that more than the expected additional Model S units to be sold for the remainder of the year, Tesla is actually optimistic that a good portion of the balance from the given target will be provided for by the Model X.
Increase production rates
In fact, as a result of the massive pre-order on the Model X, it has been reported last month that Tesla has reportedly increased production rates at its Fremont manufacturing facility. The eyewitness account of the factory pretty much confirms such report.
There have also been previous reports that Tesla Motors is on a hiring binge for people although it is likely that those positions are intended for its $5 billion Tesla Gigafactory 1 currently under construction at the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center in Storey County in Nevada slated to become operational by next year or 2017.
While it is not clear whether Tesla Motors is saving money in using robots instead of human laborers on its vehicle production lines, the good thing about it is that the vehicles will certainly be more standardized and should have fewer factory defects or faults as results of possible human errors.
Tesla Motors has never been good in meeting its own deadlines as evidenced by its Model S and the countless delays on the Model X but it looks like the company is quite serious this time in finally being true to its promise for the official roll out to the markets of the first ever fully electric SUV.
Some more modifications
After being delayed by a year, the Tesla Model X will finally be hitting the retail markets this September, unless the company comes up again with another aberration or excuse to push back the long-awaited market debut of its sport utility crossover electric vehicle.
Tesla Model X is a full-size crossover utility vehicle which was unveiled by Tesla Motors in Los Angeles, California as early as February 2012. The company showcased the Model X again during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2015 held in January this year in Las Vegas.
It is currently being developed from the full-size sedan platform of the Tesla Model S and is being mass produced at the company’s factory in Fremont, California.