The company was supposed to be producing 2,400 vehicles per week in Q4 and is reportedly making factory improvements over time. Even at that level, on a shortened 12-week quarter (normally a quarter is 13 weeks), Tesla should have produced almost 29,000 vehicles. With production coming in nowhere near that figure, this proves that Tesla's demand is not as high as it could be. If Model S/X demand was really strong, Tesla should be producing well over 30,000 vehicles a quarter given past management statements.

Perhaps it's because people are anticipating the 3. But I honestly have no clue how this stuff works. Someone please help me understand.

kleinbl00:

Bill Maurer hates Tesla and Seeking Alpha is in no way peer reviewed or even subject to the rules of reality. It's basically the Huffington Post of investment advice in that you make no money from posting and there's nothing stopping you from hanging up a shingle.

The actual news is that they've beat their own sales records. Of course, Maurer was all "sales plunge!" which pretty much demonstrates he writes what he wants without worrying about reality.

The short interest in Tesla is ridiculously high. It's the king of cult stocks. And generally, if you want to manipulate people into making your short play work, the way to do it is to blather on Seeking Alpha.


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