The silver lining dept.
General Motors announced this week that it will be taking five North American plants off line (see page 3), but you know who needs more production capacity? Telsa Motors, whose struggles to keep up with demand for its new Model 3 made headlines. And of course, the electric startup’s got more models on the way, including the Model Y, Roadster 2.0 and two trucks: a pickup (above) and a semi.
In fact, the current Tesla Factory in Fremont, Calif., was a former NUMMI plant (New United Motor Manufacturing was jointly operated by GM and Toyota) that Tesla purchased in 2010 for $42 million. Maybe it’s a lark, but hey, the automotive world has seen crazier ideas implemented. The Pontiac Aztek, for one.