Yes, if you lose money on every vehicle you sell, customers will be eager to buy them. The trick is to get the customers to buy at a price where you can make a profit.
Date: May 22, 2109
To: Everbody
As of yesterday we had over 50,000 net new orders for this quarter. Based on current trends, we have a good chance of exceeding the record 90,700 deliveries of Q4 last year and making this the highest deliveries/sales quarter in Tesla history!
In order to achieve this, we need sustained output of 1,000 Model 3′s per day. Almost all parts of the Model 3 production system have exceeded 1,000 units on multiple days (congratulations!) and we’ve averaged about 900/day this week, so we’re only about 10% away from 7,000/week.
If we rally hard, we can do it!
Thanks for your hard work
Elon
Demand for customers is high?
I like the Tesla, it is a good concept. The only issue I have is if you have a little accident you could be waiting a year for a part.
My understanding the Tesla are still somewhat hand built, meaning a part for one might not fit the next one without major adjustments. There a YouTube video out there where a fan goes over the cons of a Tesla.
I believe the insurance will cost a bunch too since they are quick to total a Tesla compare to a regular car due to repair cost.
1. Delivered a record 90,700 vehicles in the fourth quarter of 2018
2. 50,000 new orders this quarter
I presume that is for the first six weeks of the second quarter of 2019; that would put them on track for maybe 100,000 - 120,000 new orders in Q2. If orders are very nonlinear (like many industries), maybe new orders could be 120,000 - 130,000.
Of course, orders could collapse with all the negative attention and they might hit 70,000 to 80,000 for Q2.
It’s a very uncertain outlook
And this is an upper middle class suburb of one of the nation's most important cities....a suburb surrounded by very *wealthy* towns.
High demand? Not that *I've* noticed.
Yes, demand will continue until January.
Federal subsidies are being phased out. There will be none in 2020, so people are ordering now while hardworking Americas subsidize their car purchase.
May or may not be true but what is a fact is that this email was purposely leaked since the SEC has put the reins on Musk’s ability to tweet in regards to Tesla.
Yup, and I bet one side is that Tesla doesn’t really inform buyers that there are virtual zero replacement parts or repair venues for their cars. And as more and more of these gross polluters hit the streets the odds of their cars being damaged or breaking down increase.