Tesla Fremont — Local services in Fremont

Tesla had planned for an assembly factory in Albuquerque, New Mexico, as a central location for shipping.4 Construction was supposed to begin in April 2007, but was canceled.6] A separate greenfield factory to be built in San Jose, California was also announced.[7] However, the cost was prohibitive, and the company looked for alternatives. Tesla initially also dismissed NUMMI for being too big and costly.[8]

Some of the current facilities were operated as the GM Fremont Assembly from 1962 to 1982, and between 1984 and 2009 was used by New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc. (NUMMI),[9] a joint venture between General Motors and Toyota.[1 NUMMI yearly production peaked at 428,633 vehicles in 2006.11] Proposals to continue the site after 2010 included Aurica EVs, state incentives to Toyota, and a stadium, but none of them succeeded. In 2010 the mayor of Fremont viewed the site as dead.[12]

The plant is located in the South Fremont District next to the Mud Slough between the Warm Springs BART station[13] and the California State Route 262 connecting Interstate 880 and Interstate 680. Union Pacific Railroad had tracks running into the plant[14 which had been used during NUMMI-era to carry finished cars.16] All rail connections were subsequently removed, with the sidings used for more factory facilities.

On May 20, 2010, Tesla Inc. and Toyota announced a partnership to work on electric vehicle development and collaborate on the "development of electric vehicles, parts, and production system and engineering support". This included Tesla's partial purchase of the former NUMMI site, mainly consisting of the factory building,[17 for $42 million.19

Tesla officially took possession of the site on October 19, 2010,12] and opened it on October 27.[2] The state of California has supported the renewal, expecting tax income from sustained jobs.[21 The first retail delivery of the Tesla Model S took place during a special event at the Tesla Factory on June 22, 2012.

Tesla built a casting foundry in Lathrop in 2015 supporting the Fremont production,3840 and leased 1.3 million sq ft of warehouses in nearby Livermore in 2017.[42]

In 2016, there were 4,500 parking spaces,[43] and Tesla purchased a neighboring 25-acre site[44] from Lennar.[45] In August 2017, Tesla won approval from the Fremont City Council to double the size of the facility with about 4.6 million new square feet of space.[46] Tesla also planned to expand production capacity five-fold to 500,000 vehicles per year by 2018,[46] or 10,000 units per week.[47]

As of early 2019, the facility has 511,000 m2 (5,500,000 sq ft) of...

I ordered a Tesla M3 on 11/13 and was confidently assured that I would get it by Christmas. Finally, on 12/22 we received notice that our car would be exiting the factory on 12/28 and we should make an appointment for delivery. I was going to be out of town, but happily cut my vacation short to come home and take delivery of my new Tesla on 12/30. On the evening of 12/29, I received another message that my car would not be ready and that more information would follow. When I logged into my account I saw the new appointment set for 12/31 at 8 PM! Not happy that I had already cut my vacation short and that now I would spend New Year's Eve at a dealership. At 7:30 PM, 30 minutes before scheduled delivery, I received a notice that my car would not be ready and that more information would follow. When I logged into my account, it showed that my car would be READY IN 5-7 WEEKS! Upset about the whole situation, my husband and I still went to the Telsa factory/showroom. To our surprise, there were 100s of PEOPLE in LONG LINES trying to pick up their Tesla. It was crazy and unorganized! Heard stories from customers who were there all day, whose car couldn't be located and had to go to Dublin and back only to still not have the promised car, or whose car doors didn't open. After an hour and a half, we were told there would be no car for us and that someone would contact us in the new year.

Keep in mind, my bank already paid off the car, I gave them my payment, I am already paying car insurance, and I have my 1st car payment due in January FOR A CAR I DON"T HAVE. These are all the requirements that must be completed before an owner takes delivery of their Telsa! I also missed out on the Federal Tax break that ended on 12/31.

Through the whole process, communication was terrible, no one answers/returns phone calls, and text messages are intermittent and inconsistent. I had to log into my account nearly every day to see if there were any updates.

The employees are nice and patient with customers but in the end, they are salespeople who will say anything to make a sale! My brother-in-law visited the showroom two weeks ago and he was promised a car before the end of the year if he ordered then. He did not order one!

Not sure the beautiful high tech car is worth the terrible...

I enjoy writing reviews for Google Maps, and I decided to write a review of the Full Self-Driving (FSD) app. Since the review is in Google Maps, I had to select a physical location, so I selected this factory in Fremont, CA where my Tesla Model 3 was born.

I've had the car since June of 2020, and I ordered it with FSD. I had to work hard at improving my driving safety score in order to qualify as a beta tester. Then, once I got the safety score technique under control, I had to take long trips to nowhere in order to build up enough miles to raise my average safety score enough to qualify. I did all that, and I qualified.

Initially, I wasn't terribly impressed with the FSD algorithm. It wasn't a safer driver than I was. I know this because I had to intervene pretty often to prevent it from turning into a lane for oncoming traffic. There were also problems that weren't quite so dangerous such as phantom braking, braking for no apparent reason, and jerky steering during turns.

There have been a few iterations of the software during the time I've had it, and usually, but not always, each new iteration improved the driving behavior of the car.

The latest iteration, which came to me November 8th, 2022, is a great improvement. So far, in the past few days, the algorithm hasn't tried to turn into a lane of oncoming traffic even once. The turns are much smoother, as is the acceleration and deceleration. I still feel the need to take over every so often, but at least half of those interventions on my part turn out to have been unnecessary. In fact, my interventions, in many of the cases lately, have turned out to be less appropriate than what the car wanted to do.

And, finally, FSD still, at times, tells me that I need to take over because it doesn't know what to do. Generally, when that happens, I drive for half a block or so, and then FSD is able to re-take control.

So FSD is still not able to drive independently, but it's getting much better than it used to be, and I'm glad...