Tesla will reach a Model 3 production rate of 20,000 cars per month by December 2017.
Right, but late ●●●●●
“Looks like we can reach 20,000 Model 3 cars per month in December”
- Said on
- 2 July 2017 · Post on Twitter after the Model 3 passed regulatory requirements
- Source
- Tesla says the first Model 3 will be built Friday, with sales starting July 28 · Boston.com (Associated Press)
- Should come true
- Dec 2017
- How sure they sounded
- Looks like we can
- Categories
- Technology
- Importance
- 3 of 5 · The Model 3 ramp was Tesla's make-or-break move into the mass car market.
Outcome
Right, but late Happened 1 July 2018.
Tesla built only 2,425 Model 3s in all of Q4 2017, far below 20,000 a month in December. It first hit a 5,000-per-week rate (about 20,000 a month) in the last week of June 2018, roughly six months late.
- https://fortune.com/2018/01/03/why-tesla-model-3-deliveries-missed-the-mark
- https://abcnews4.com/news/auto-matters/ceo-musk-tesla-hits-weekly-goal-of-making-5000-models-3s
History
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