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A comment on Tesla's Model 3 volume production target pushed back again. Parent comment

Re:Tesla's Model 3 volume production target pushed back again by dhzjxnbzn on Thursday January 04, 2018 @12:12AM (#16068209)
Cars produced in the last seven days of the quarter is a somewhat gamable metric. They may or may not be sustaining production at that rate.
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Re:Tesla's Model 3 volume production target pushed back again by Animats on Thursday January 04, 2018 @03:06PM (#16073586)
The good numbers come from DMV registrations. There are industry sources which collect that data weekly.[1]

[1] https://hedgescompany.com/automotive-market-research-statist...

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Re:Tesla's Model 3 volume production target pushed back again by SimbaOnSteroids on Thursday January 04, 2018 @08:00AM (#16069993)
While you are correct this is a very gamable metric, its nonetheless a good sign of considering the number of cars they were previously producing.
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