They arevalso talking about the upfront costs that had to be sunk to get build the infrastructure. If these cats had sold, they might have still lost $100,000, but next year they might have only lost $80,000 because some of the infrastructure would have been paid for.
In tens years time, then these vehicles would have been profitable.
In ten years' time, the world population will only be a tenth of what it is now. That's the plan anyway.