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Re:Tesla meets self-imposed deadline for Model 3, rolls out ... by anoncoward111 on Sunday July 01, 2018 @03:58PM (#17437250)
Oh my god, come on. I'm a Tesla bear, and I don't really see a massive different between a rate of 4,850 cars and 5,000 cars....
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Re:Tesla meets self-imposed deadline for Model 3, rolls out ... by ambicapter on Sunday July 01, 2018 @04:15PM (#17437333)
52 * 150 * 35,000 = 273M in revenue.
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Re:Tesla meets self-imposed deadline for Model 3, rolls out ... by anoncoward111 on Sunday July 01, 2018 @04:20PM (#17437351)
assuming Tesla can't find a way to boost production by just 3% over those 52 weeks, it will take less than two weeks to make those additional cars.

Their revenue isn't supply driven anyway, it is demand driven. Two weeks of delay will not result in 273M in lost sales. It will just result in delayed sales.

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Re:Tesla meets self-imposed deadline for Model 3, rolls out ... by xyzzyz on Sunday July 01, 2018 @08:02PM (#17438439)
It will just result in delayed sales.

I know two people who withdrew their Tesla Model 3 reservations due to them failing to meet a deadline. Their reasoning was that they'd like to buy a Tesla, but if they need to wait years for it, they prefer to get a nice car to drive in the meantime. The longer the delays are, the more people will give up.

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Re:Tesla meets self-imposed deadline for Model 3, rolls out ... by anoncoward111 on Sunday July 01, 2018 @08:52PM (#17438621)
Yeah I agree with you, but we're talking about a delay of two weeks, not years. That's how long it will take to make up the shortfall.

Anyway, Teslas are overpriced and of questionable quality.

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Re:Tesla meets self-imposed deadline for Model 3, rolls out ... by xyzzyz on Sunday July 01, 2018 @09:17PM (#17438699)
The original deadline for 5k production was in December. It's more than 2 weeks.
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Re:Tesla meets self-imposed deadline for Model 3, rolls out ... by someonenice on Monday July 02, 2018 @12:17AM (#17439317)
The delay for the people who placed order are not same as delay to get to 5K target.

If I am 100,000 in queue, then car should have originally taken 20 weeks at 5000 cars per week. Now it will take 20.62 weeks at 4850 per week.

That is a delay of few days.

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Re:Tesla meets self-imposed deadline for Model 3, rolls out ... by manicdee on Sunday July 01, 2018 @04:55PM (#17437517)
52 * 4750 * 35,000 = $8.6B in revenue.

You're quibbling over a rounding error.

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Re:Tesla meets self-imposed deadline for Model 3, rolls out ... by jayjay71 on Sunday July 01, 2018 @06:09PM (#17437921)
3% is not a rounding error. There are industries with smaller profit margins than that.
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Re:Tesla meets self-imposed deadline for Model 3, rolls out ... by greglindahl on Sunday July 01, 2018 @10:45PM (#17439003)
And this is a case with production that doubled in a quarter. So, again, how big is 3%?
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Re:Tesla meets self-imposed deadline for Model 3, rolls out ... by philipodonnell on Sunday July 01, 2018 @06:21PM (#17437995)
If it wasn't that big of a deal, they would have hit the target before 5am the day after they were supposed to.
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