Finally! Tesla reaches production goal for Model 3July 2 (AZINS) After months of delays and apparent 'sabotage' by an employee, Tesla has finally met its goal of manufacturing 5,000 Model 3 units per week.

The last car of the batch rolled off the Fremont line at 5AM local time on July 1, which is still delayed by a few hours of the actual target, but nonetheless helped the company achieve its goal, Engadget reported. The Model 3 is an EV or Electric Vehicle and costs USD 35,000 for the base model.

In June, Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk said in an email to staff that an unnamed Tesla employee had conducted "extensive and damaging sabotage" to the company's operations including allegedly making unspecified code changes to its manufacturing operating system and sending what the email said was sensitive Tesla data to unnamed third parties.

Company spokeswoman Gina Antonini declined to comment on the email. Musk said in the email, which was seen by Reuters, that he learned about this alleged behavior over the weekend. "The full extent of his actions are not yet clear, but what he has admitted to so far is pretty bad," Musk wrote. "His stated motivation is that he wanted a promotion that he did not receive." Musk did not specify to whom he was referring.

Musk wrote that the company would be investigating the matter this week, adding that Tesla needed to determine if the person was acting alone or in concert with "any outside organizations." "As you know, there are a long list of organizations that want Tesla to die," Musk wrote, saying they included Wall Street short-sellers, oil and gas companies, and car company rivals but naming none.