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Tesla stock dropped over 2% on Tuesday after Business Insider reported that the company is halting output of the Cybertruck and Model Y for a week starting June 30 at its factory in Austin, Texas. The news came from a staff meeting held inside the plant, where employees were told the pause was for maintenance work on the production lines. This will be the third shutdown at that same facility in the past year. The company hasn’t said a word publicly about it. Inside the factory, workers have already experienced two previous shutdowns. One in late May and another in December, both affecting the same vehicle lines. The December halt was blamed on a battery shortage, workers told Business Insider. The May shutdown included voluntary training sessions, focused on what the company described as improving the workplace environment. Tesla keeps halting production in Austin The April slowdown didn’t involve a complete shutdown, but the Cybertruck line was scaled back, and some staff were reassigned. This string of production pauses shows a growing pattern. And while it’s not unusual for automakers to pause lines for scheduled maintenance or low demand in the summer, it used to be rare for Elon Musk’s company. Four Tesla employees told Business Insider that these pauses were not part of the regular workflow before. The context matters. Ford stopped making its F-150 Lightning for seven weeks last fall. During the chip shortage in 2021, both Ford and GM shut down certain plants. So while industry-wide comparisons exist, this kind of recurring disruption is still a big deal for Tesla, especially at its Austin Gigafactory, which plays a central role in producing its most hyped vehicles. Right now, Tesla is under pressure across multiple fronts. First-quarter delivery numbers were already down 13% compared to the previous year.…

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Filed under: News - @ June 17, 2025 8:24 pm