IndigoBlueWagon
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I think this paragraph is telling:
Last February 2017, Tesla said with its usual hype that Model 3 production would “exceed 5,000 vehicles per week at some point in the fourth quarter.” This would mean over 20,000 units per month “at some point” in Q4. So maybe 10,000 in October, 16,000 in November, and 20,000 in December, totaling 46,000 in Q4. In reality, it sold 1,550 in Q4. This would mean about 1,060 in December.
So not the 5K vehicles per week is in Q2 of 2018, not Q4 of 2017. And an unknown portion of the 1,550 Model 3s were sold to employees for testing.
Certainly production will ramp up. But how much, and how fast, is an open question despite Tesla's forecasts.
Last February 2017, Tesla said with its usual hype that Model 3 production would “exceed 5,000 vehicles per week at some point in the fourth quarter.” This would mean over 20,000 units per month “at some point” in Q4. So maybe 10,000 in October, 16,000 in November, and 20,000 in December, totaling 46,000 in Q4. In reality, it sold 1,550 in Q4. This would mean about 1,060 in December.
So not the 5K vehicles per week is in Q2 of 2018, not Q4 of 2017. And an unknown portion of the 1,550 Model 3s were sold to employees for testing.
Certainly production will ramp up. But how much, and how fast, is an open question despite Tesla's forecasts.