Weve got a first look at Elon Musks personal Tesla Model S with a new prototype color that will apparently be possible thanks to a new paint shop.<\/p>\n
Over the last year, Elon Musk has been talking about Tesla building the most-advanced paint shop at Gigafactory Berlin.<\/p>\n
The CEO talked about new multi-layered paints:<\/p>\n
Giga Berlin will have worlds most advanced paint shop, with more layers of stunning colors that subtly change with curvature.<\/p>\n
Musk said that Tesla is working on a new deep crimson red that is becoming his favorite feature.<\/p>\n
Now a Tesla Model S with a special color was spotted in the executive parking lot of SpaceXs headquarters:<\/p>\n
It led people to speculate that the Model S his Musks personal Tesla and that the color might be the new deep crimson.<\/p>\n
The CEO confirmed that it is a prototype of the color that Tesla is developing for the new paint shop.<\/p>\n
It has been a while since Tesla has introduced new color options.<\/p>\n
On the contrary, in recent years, Tesla has reduced color options in order to streamline its production and simplify service repairs.<\/p>\n
We might have to wait a while to see the new colors though since Musk has linked them to Gigafactory berlin going online.<\/p>\n
Tesla is currently building Gigafactory Berlin in Germany, and it is expected to be complete by the summer of 2021 to first produce the Model Y.<\/p>\n
Musk says that the new paint shop and colors will make it to other vehicles, but it could take a while:<\/p>\n
To be clear, Fremont and Shanghai will also be upgraded over time, but its hard to retrofit these improvements to an operating paint shop.<\/p>\n
As we recently reported, Tesla built a new paint shop for Model 3 in Fremont, and it plans onrecommissioning its former paint shopas it increases Model Y production.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, the pictures are in the shade and we are not getting a great look at the color.<\/p>\n
From what I can see, its similar to the signature red that Tesla had for early Model S vehicles, but it looks a bit darker.<\/p>\n
Again, thats hard to tell because of the shade.<\/p>\n
Also, Elon said that the color changes with the light so Ill hold off on judging it until we get a better look.<\/p>\n
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