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Re:Tesla Accounting Chief, HR Head Resign on the Same Day; S... by Nokinside on Friday September 07, 2018 @10:35AM (#17934533)
>Tesla sold more cars in the US that Mercedes and BMW this summer? How many media reported that?

Please, that was one month of backlog deliveries (July, 16,000 deliveries) and only in the US. 16, Nobody expects that Tesla manufactures 16,000 Model 3's per month.

Meanwhile Mercedes sells 30,000 C-Class Saloon and Estate models per month globally. In the US Mercedes and BMW each keep delivering 12,000 or so vehicles per month in the same category as Tesla models are.

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Re:Tesla Accounting Chief, HR Head Resign on the Same Day; S... by rcMgD2BwE72F on Friday September 07, 2018 @10:58AM (#17934731)
You're right, because August is the month during which Tesla surpassed both BMW and Mercedes. We're in September so how can there be more than a month? Both BMW and Mercedes US car sales are falling hard: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180904005710/en/Mer..., https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180904005748/en/BMW...
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Re:Tesla Accounting Chief, HR Head Resign on the Same Day; S... by perl4ever on Friday September 07, 2018 @08:01PM (#17938573)
Is there something going on with tariffs?

It was well publicized that the President doesn't want people buying Mercedes.

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Re:Tesla Accounting Chief, HR Head Resign on the Same Day; S... by leesec on Friday September 07, 2018 @01:57PM (#17936297)
>Nobody expects that Tesla manufactures 16,000 Model 3's per month.

What are you talking about? They are sustainably producing 5000/week now, and have backlog for the next 1.5 years at least.

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