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Re:Mercedes Readies First Tesla Rival in $12B Attack by dexterdog on Tuesday September 04, 2018 @12:52PM (#17910510)
Limping towards 10? Are they even sustaining 5?
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Re:Mercedes Readies First Tesla Rival in $12B Attack by foepys on Tuesday September 04, 2018 @12:55PM (#17910546)
According to estimations in [1] they are currently at ~4,800/week for the Model 3.

1: https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2018-tesla-tracker/

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Re:Mercedes Readies First Tesla Rival in $12B Attack by dragontamer on Tuesday September 04, 2018 @01:10PM (#17910715)
Indeed. They hit 5k/week a while ago, but recent supply issues seems to have hampered their efforts.

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1034153186070654976.html

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Re:Mercedes Readies First Tesla Rival in $12B Attack by FireBeyond on Tuesday September 04, 2018 @02:10PM (#17911382)
Right, for varying degrees of "hit" - numerous failed QC, 24/7, tent-factory, not overly sustainable.
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Re:Mercedes Readies First Tesla Rival in $12B Attack by dexterdog on Tuesday September 04, 2018 @01:49PM (#17911147)
But wasn't that a book-cooking surge that they couldn't sustain?
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Re:Mercedes Readies First Tesla Rival in $12B Attack by greglindahl on Tuesday September 04, 2018 @01:57PM (#17911260)
You might want to look at that Bloomberg graph again -- 3 weeks over 5k, and now 2 just under.
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