Elon in the pooh - again!

DiscoMick · 2nd October 2018, 06:33 PM

Tesla Sales Higher Than Acura, Audi, BMW Car, Infiniti, Jaguar, Lexus Car, & Mercedes Car Sales In USA (August Sales) | CleanTechnica

**Homestar** · 2nd October 2018, 07:09 PM

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

Tesla Sales Higher Than Acura, Audi, BMW Car, Infiniti, Jaguar, Lexus Car, & Mercedes Car Sales In USA (August Sales) | CleanTechnica

***Estimated*** - Musk won't release official figures, they've based the article on what Musk told them...

**Homestar** · 2nd October 2018, 07:10 PM

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

On the positive side, I see the Tesla model 3 alone is now outselling all of BMW cars in the US, so it must be a success.

Tesla Model 3 Outsold All BMW Passenger Cars In US

***Estimated***

Not saying they aren't, but because no actual figures other than an Elon Musk tweet seem to exist, I'll have to take it with a grain of salt sorry.

**JDNSW** · 2nd October 2018, 07:54 PM

One of the conditions of his settlement was that he only issued tweets about Tesla after review by the board - I wonder if this falls into that category?

**Homestar** · 2nd October 2018, 08:48 PM

These 'figures' in the links are from a month or so ago so before his enforced gag order.

**bee utey** · 2nd October 2018, 10:50 PM

Originally Posted by RANDLOVER

On the subject of cops, Elon was going to go on the lam, but then realised his car would only go 80km's before needing a recharge, ha,ha.

Oh goodness, is this what is known as a "joke", no? I must try this new technique myself.

"Elon was going on the lam, but his Land Rover was tracked down by the continuous oil drips trail".

**donh54** · 3rd October 2018, 08:30 AM

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

Tesla Sales Higher Than Acura, Audi, BMW Car, Infiniti, Jaguar, Lexus Car, & Mercedes Car Sales In USA (August Sales) | CleanTechnica

From an e-zine devoted to clean energy news. Not potentially biased at all?
Also, look at the note on the author of the article, Zachary Shahan (happens to be the Director and Chief Editor of the e-zine, too). (My highlighting)

Zach is tryin' to help society help itself (and other species). He spends most of his time here on CleanTechnica as its director and chief editor. He's also the president of Important Media and the director/founder of EV Obsession and Solar Love. Zach is recognized globally as an electric vehicle, solar energy, and energy storage expert. He has presented about cleantech at conferences in India, the UAE, Ukraine, Poland, Germany, the Netherlands, the USA, and Canada. Zach has long-term investments in TSLA, FSLR, SPWR, SEDG, & ABB — after years of covering solar and EVs, he simply has a lot of faith in these particular companies and feels like they are good cleantech companies to invest in. But he offers no professional investment advice and would rather not be responsible for you losing money, so don't jump to conclusions.

**bee utey** · 3rd October 2018, 11:51 AM

A pro Tesla analysis:

**DeanoH** · 3rd October 2018, 12:41 PM

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

On the positive side, I see the Tesla model 3 alone is now outselling all of BMW cars in the US, so it must be a success.

Tesla Model 3 Outsold All BMW Passenger Cars In US

Yeah, right .......................... Chevrolet made nearly 2 million Chev Corvairs which doesn't mean they were successful or any good. Quite the opposite really

Deano

**bee utey** · 3rd October 2018, 06:33 PM

Production numbers as reported officially by Tesla:

Tesla Q3 2018 Vehicle Production and Deliveries | Tesla, Inc.

53,239 Model 3 vehicles, which was in line with our guidance and almost double the volume of Q2. During Q3, we transitioned Model 3 production from entirely rear wheel drive at the beginning of the quarter to almost entirely dual motor during the last few weeks of the quarter. This added significant complexity, but we successfully executed this transition and ultimately produced more dual motor than rear wheel drive cars in Q3. In the last week of the quarter, we produced over 5,300 Model 3 vehicles, almost all of which were dual motor, meaning that we achieved a production rate of more than 10,000 drive units per week.
26,903 Model S and X vehicles, which was slightly higher than Q2 and in line with our full-year guidance.

Q3 deliveries totaled 83,500 vehicles: 55,840 Model 3, 14,470 Model S, and 13,190 Model X. To put this in perspective, in just Q3, we delivered more than 80% of the vehicles that we delivered in all of 2017, and we delivered about twice as many Model 3s as we did in all previous quarters combined.

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