Tesla Delays Semi Unveiling on Model 3 Bottlenecks, Puerto Rico

(Bloomberg) -- Tesla Inc. will push back the reveal of its semi truck by three weeks as the electric-car maker focuses on boosting production of its cheaper sedan model and increasing battery production for storm-ravaged regions.

“Diverting resources to fix Model 3 bottlenecks & increase battery production for Puerto Rico & other affected areas,” Tesla Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk wrote in a tweet Friday. The company will unveil the semi truck on Nov. 16, instead of Oct. 26.

Tesla built only 260 Model 3 sedans during the third quarter, less than a fifth of its 1,500-unit forecast. Musk wrote on Twitter earlier Friday he'd be “happy to talk” with Puerto Rico's governor about supplying batteries to the island territory rebuilding after Hurricane Maria.

To contact the reporter on this story: Anne Riley Moffat in New York at ariley17@bloomberg.net.

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Craig Trudell at ctrudell1@bloomberg.net.

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