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Old 03-03-2020, 11:41 AM   #67 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by ldjessee00 View Post
I do not think that is true. I think that they made a profit, put money in savings, and managed to build a new factory and tool it up, I believe from their filing that the Model 3 is profitable. Did I miss something?
Depends on how you figure things, and what specifically you're looking at.

Tesla has posted 4 profitable quarters out of 68.

The base Model 3 is still available by phone order, and has a price of something like $35,600 plus $1000 delivery. I believe Tesla takes a loss on that. The SR+ has a pretty thin margin.

The whole success of Tesla hinges on them making a substantially better battery soon.
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