Well, just to keep it fair... that article above that nursebee posted has a picture of the assembly line... looks more like one would expect. ( https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2018/5/29/1767826/-The-War-on-Tesla-Musk-and-the-Fight-for-the-Future ) I don't know what that other picture is, maybe some kind of final assembly/quality assurance line. Elon's Tweet about shorts certainly did the trick however. $370 today. He seems pretty confident about the 5K/week. Ya know in WW2 they had ghost tanks. Ballons lol. Maybe Elon has ghost Model 3's.
to vanzandt: you were able to extrapolate the size of the entire factory and its lack of "gravitas" from that model 3 pic? (the factory size is well documented btw) how old are you guys and can you all do any less research?
lol, i got u...just shouting out nonsense..i guess there is something to gain from doing that..its clearly not money but it must satisfy the ego..
I like to think of the nonsense really being smart money trying to keep the stock out of the hands of retail
The 5000 will only be extrapolated. There will be a day when they make 700+ cars a day in 3 shifts and they will claim they reached the 5K/week production quota. To make that many in 2 shifts/5 workdays is probably 3 months away... But there is no demand for that many luxury cars....
It's like you're reading my mind. The Tesla jig looked so low end, I'd expect it from some one-off builder in an English factory. Nothing really wrong w/it, but does not scream high volume.
The Sabotage email: From: Elon Musk To: Everybody Subject: Some concerning news June 17, 2018 11:57 p.m. I was dismayed to learn this weekend about a Tesla employee who had conducted quite extensive and damaging sabotage to our operations. This included making direct code changes to the Tesla Manufacturing Operating System under false usernames and exporting large amounts of highly sensitive Tesla data to unknown third parties. The full extent of his actions are not yet clear, but what he has admitted to so far is pretty bad. His stated motivation is that he wanted a promotion that he did not receive. In light of these actions, not promoting him was definitely the right move. However, there may be considerably more to this situation than meets the eye, so the investigation will continue in depth this week. We need to figure out if he was acting alone or with others at Tesla and if he was working with any outside organizations. As you know, there are a long list of organizations that want Tesla to die. These include Wall Street short-sellers, who have already lost billions of dollars and stand to lose a lot more. Then there are the oil & gas companies, the wealthiest industry in the world — they don't love the idea of Tesla advancing the progress of solar power & electric cars. Don't want to blow your mind, but rumor has it that those companies are sometimes not super nice. Then there are the multitude of big gas/diesel car company competitors. If they're willing to cheat so much about emissions, maybe they're willing to cheat in other ways? Most of the time, when there is theft of goods, leaking of confidential information, dereliction of duty or outright sabotage, the reason really is something simple like wanting to get back at someone within the company or at the company as a whole. Occasionally, it is much more serious. Please be extremely vigilant, particularly over the next few weeks as we ramp up the production rate to 5k/week. This is when outside forces have the strongest motivation to stop us. If you know of, see or suspect anything suspicious, please send a note to [email address removed for privacy] with as much info as possible. This can be done in your name, which will be kept confidential, or completely anonymously. Looking forward to having a great week with you as we charge up the super exciting ramp to 5000 Model 3 cars per week! Will follow this up with emails every few days describing the progress and challenges of the Model 3 ramp. Thanks for working so hard to make Tesla successful, Elon