A new legal complaint has been filed against Tesla that says the company misled potential investors about its production capabilities.
The complaint was filed November 2 in California Superior Court by attorneys for the Teamsters, which said Tesla claimed it could produce 5,000 Model 3s per week, a number CEO Elon Musk and others have touted.
The complaint states the company later admitted it would be unable to make that many vehicles per week by 2017. A Tesla spokesperson said the suit is meritless, and that similar claims have already been dismissed in federal court.
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The company’s giant gigafactory in Storey County east of Sparks is where Tesla manufactures batteries and powertrains for the Model 3.