Manufacturing expert says Tesla Model 3 plan to skip beta testing is risky

Tesla Model 3 design prototype  -  March 2016Tesla is taking a major gamble regarding the production of its upcoming Model 3 sedan in skipping prototype tooling and jumping straight to permanent production tooling, says a noted auto-manufacturing expert. "He's pushing the envelope to see how much time and cost he can take out of the process," Ron Harbour, a manufacturing consultant at Oliver...