It's Tesla's first step.<p>Just as SpaceX first showed that they could launch a payload to orbit, then showed that they could do it repeatedly; just as they first showed that they could land a booster, then showed they could do so dependably; just as they showed they could reuse a booster, then showed that they could do this rapidly and reliably.<p>First Tesla showed that they could meet their 5000 cars per week goal, now they have to show that they can do so repeatedly. I have a hunch that they'll do it.
I drove past the Tesla plant in Fremont yesterday. The South lot had more than 20 auto-trailer trucks, fully loaded, and lined up to roll, sitting in a sea of 3s. It actually looked like they had produced so many that they didn't have enough drivers to haul them away.
Wall street analysts are going to start writing articles about how this is a only a "burst week" and "not sustainable", and that the "rational" way of quantitatively analyzing the Tesla says the stock is worth zero.
"7000 cars, 7 days" makes such a sticky tweet. It almost seems too perfect for someone not to assume some creative accounting/rounding here.
This post is terribly lacking in Gung Ho references.<p><<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_gLOUbQZgk>" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_gLOUbQZgk></a>