Nah. I’ll take a contrarian view ... I think the path to profitability right now is all about form factor. It’s Model Y ... aka the Soccer Mom Model ... and then... the pickup. Gotta get that pickup out the door. Get those workaday guys a reliable electric pickup they can use for work all day - and a home run happens. Even better - integrate it with FSD so it can drive its own route to customers, and it’s a workman’s dream. They’re not sexy but they print money. Step 1 - GF3 Step 2 - more batteries from GF1 Step 3 - Model Y in Fremont Step 4 - pickup truck Step 5 - Semi
The floor mats suck. Toyota had plush secure mats in the Prius. There's no reason for such a novice oversight.
Yeah, I think that's reasonable. It's not clear to me they'll have the capacity to fulfill that path comfortably. Did anyone talk about why they didn't go after Lordstown shuttered plant and workers? I suppose it could be as simple as Lordstown was a union shop (UAW) and all the displaced workers are union and Tesla isn't. I haven't been following that aspect of Tesla.