<P> In October 2016, Tesla said its production timeline was on schedule . Again in February 2017, Tesla said that vehicle development, supply chain and manufacturing are on track to support volume deliveries of the Model 3 in the second half of 2017 . Limited vehicle production began in July 2017 and volume production was scheduled at that time to start by September 2017 . As of February 2017, Tesla planned to ramp up production to exceed 5,000 vehicles per week in Q4 2017 and reach 10,000 vehicles per week in 2018 . However, Tesla missed their Q4 production target by far, as only 2,425 vehicles were produced during the entire 3 - month period . 5 months before, Musk claimed on Twitter that Tesla would be able to produce 20,000 Model 3 per month by December of the same year . Tesla's actual production numbers were therefore 93% lower than his prediction . </P> <P> Gigafactory 1 had been intended to produce battery packs for Model 3 and it was announced in January 2017 that Tesla would also manufacture drive units at Gigafactory 1 . In February 2017, Tesla said that installation of Model 3 manufacturing equipment was underway in the Fremont factory and at Gigafactory 1, where in January, production of battery cells for energy - storage products began, which have the same form - factor as the cells that will be used in Model 3 . </P> <P> As industry experts had predicted, Tesla did not meet the announced delivery targets . The first delivery was on July 7, 2017, to Musk himself . The first 30 production units were delivered on July 28, 2017 . </P> <Table> Tesla Model 3 deliveries by quarter <Tr> <Th> Quarter </Th> <Th> Units sold </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Q3 2017 </Th> <Td> 220 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Q4 2017 </Th> <Td> 1,550 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Q1 2018 </Th> <Td> 8,180 </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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