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The long-awaited Tesla Model 3 small car is one step closer to reaching production.
Tesla Inc., the California electric-car manufacturer, confirmed to multiple news outlets that it was halting assembly at its Fremont plant for one week in March so it could begin preparing for the Model 3, perhaps as soon as July. Test versions of the Model 3 are reportedly under construction now.