<story><title>Tesla Q1 2018 Vehicle Production and Deliveries</title><url>http://ir.tesla.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=1062670</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>planetjones</author><text>I used to be one of the people who poked fun at Musk and suggested people short Tesla stock (as the valuation is crazy compared to the production and penetration numbers).&lt;p&gt;But I am no longer that person.  I read his biography (Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future) and this is a guy who genuinely wants to change things on a macro scale: opening up space, changing transportation.  He is also a genuine risk taker, who will bet his own money and risk everything for something he believes in.  I now root for Musk and his companies to succeed.  I wouldn&amp;#x27;t take short positions on Tesla now.&lt;p&gt;Plus the deletion of the SpaceX and Tesla facebook pages, when told over Twitter they existed was pretty funny.</text></comment>
<story><title>Tesla Q1 2018 Vehicle Production and Deliveries</title><url>http://ir.tesla.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=1062670</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>davedx</author><text>CNN this morning: &amp;quot;Tesla will soon report whether it met its target to make 2,500 Model 3s a week. It is on pace to make about half that number, according to Bloomberg.&amp;quot; [1]&lt;p&gt;From the statement: &amp;quot;In the past seven days, Tesla produced 2,020 Model 3 vehicles.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;A pretty big improvement, still some hard work to do, but they really are ramping up.&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#x27;m relieved at the announcement they won&amp;#x27;t need another debt&amp;#x2F;equity raise this year. Let&amp;#x27;s see where we are in 3 months.&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;money.cnn.com&amp;#x2F;2018&amp;#x2F;04&amp;#x2F;02&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;companies&amp;#x2F;tesla-stock-april&amp;#x2F;index.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;money.cnn.com&amp;#x2F;2018&amp;#x2F;04&amp;#x2F;02&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;companies&amp;#x2F;tesla-stock-a...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>