I think at least the 226,000 number is very misleading, in any event, as it only concerns the current production line if I read correctly.
Board of Directors of Volkswagen, 1955:
- President: we have one million orders per year for the Beetle and can only produce 226,000 on our production line in Wolfsburg. What the heck should we do?
- Junior board member: huh, add another line in Wolfsburg?
- Even more junior board member: huh, build a plant in Pueblo and another one somewhere in Brazil?
- Board: Hooray, who ever would have thought of such a miraculous, original idea
There's probably a reason the author will never be invited to become board member of any company wishing to survive
EDIT: and yes Tesla will sell MS's and MX's to people who can't wait for their M3 while M3 production ramps up. Nothing wrong with that strategy either, as long as it works (and Tesla will figure out how long that will work much better than the author of the article).
Board of Directors of Volkswagen, 1955:
- President: we have one million orders per year for the Beetle and can only produce 226,000 on our production line in Wolfsburg. What the heck should we do?
- Junior board member: huh, add another line in Wolfsburg?
- Even more junior board member: huh, build a plant in Pueblo and another one somewhere in Brazil?
- Board: Hooray, who ever would have thought of such a miraculous, original idea
There's probably a reason the author will never be invited to become board member of any company wishing to survive
EDIT: and yes Tesla will sell MS's and MX's to people who can't wait for their M3 while M3 production ramps up. Nothing wrong with that strategy either, as long as it works (and Tesla will figure out how long that will work much better than the author of the article).
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