Tesla’s long-term expansion plan for Model S and Model X

Silicon Valley company’s secret plan to spend half a billion dollars to expand “Gen 2” vehicles by 2021 – over half of the Gigafactory 1’s original intended capacity

By Edward Niedermeyer

Throughout its history, Tesla has always been a company that is looking ahead. Even when the it was handassembling tiny volumes of Roadsters, CEO Elon Musk’s Top Secret Master Plan pointed the way towards lower prices and higher volume.

Now, with two vehicles on the market and annual production volumes moving towards the six-figure mark, Musk told analysts on Tesla’s Q3 . . .