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Re:Tesla's Model 3 volume production target pushed back again by crx087 on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @05:59PM (#16066254)
Not buying it -- these headlines make me even more bullish on Tesla, and I've been following them since before they had their first investors.

Production is coming along better than anyone realistic could have ever expected, and continues to do so at an impressive and steady rate.

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Re:Tesla's Model 3 volume production target pushed back again by addicted on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @06:49PM (#16066645)
So what you are saying is Tesla's public announcements and investor statements should not be taken as realistic?

That almost sounds illegal.

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Re:Tesla's Model 3 volume production target pushed back again by erikpukinskis on Thursday January 04, 2018 @10:32AM (#16071035)
At this point, everyone who is paying attention knows Tesla’s estimates are optimistic, including Elon Musk.

And no, there’s nothing illegal about being bad at estimating.

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Re:Tesla's Model 3 volume production target pushed back again by nickik on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @07:58PM (#16067049)
Compare Tesla to others and not their own targets and its clear.
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Re:Tesla's Model 3 volume production target pushed back again by mcguire on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @09:44PM (#16067577)
Tesla has a market cap larger than Ford's, but is currently struggling to produce two orders of magnitude fewer vehicles.

How long does the market need to wait?

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Re:Tesla's Model 3 volume production target pushed back again by kec on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @06:43PM (#16066610)
In what world is half of what their previously stated goal "better than expected"?
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Re:Tesla's Model 3 volume production target pushed back again by princeb on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @07:29PM (#16066872)
> Production is coming along better than anyone realistic could have ever expected

i think he might have knowledge of tesla's "private expectation" i.e. what tesla is seeing internally, vs "public expectation" what tesla is telling the press.

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Re:Tesla's Model 3 volume production target pushed back again by bjl on Thursday January 04, 2018 @08:20AM (#16070116)
>...what tesla is seeing internally, vs "public expectation" what tesla is telling the press.

If TSLA's 'private expectation' don't match what they're targeting, then Musk will be going to jail. The SEC doesn't mess around with that type of securities fraud.

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Re:Tesla's Model 3 volume production target pushed back again by mcguire on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @09:45PM (#16067585)
If so, I think the SEC might want a talk with someone.
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Re:Tesla's Model 3 volume production target pushed back again by YurtleTheTurtle on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @07:04PM (#16066724)
So have they been lying to investors?
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