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Ray4Tesla says Giga Shanghai is estimating 523K (278K M3, 245K MY) for 2021. Includes 100K Model 3s for Europe.

https://twitter.com/ray4tesla/status/1346246398165962752

If this is realistic and 420K-450K is added for Fremont, 1M is clearly in play. Berlin and Austin would not need to contribute much.

I think 1 million is possible, as a stretch at least, but the 523K for Shanghai seems high. The Model Y is producing, but not likely more than 1000 to 2000 weekly in Q1. I did understand that MIC Y is supposed to be double the 3, so maybe it will ramp up faster and higher than MIC 3 by end of year.
Hope I'm wrong.
 
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I think 1 million is possible, as a stretch at least, but the 523K for Shanghai seems high. The Model Y is producing, but not likely more than 1000 to 2000 weekly in Q1. I did understand that MIC Y is supposed to be double the 3, so maybe it will ramp up faster and higher than MIC 3 by end of year.
Hope I'm wrong.

Under promise, over deliver is something Tesla has finally learned.

I think you're right to push skepticism on the 2021 numbers, and I hope that skepticism is something the broader market absorbs. Guidance of 40-50% YoY growth would be crazy and very well may be an under promise. The over deliver of 1M just might send the final shockwave that wakes everyone up to Tesla's true potential. Or not. People like being wrong year after year.
 
Under promise, over deliver is something Tesla has finally learned.

I think you're right to push skepticism on the 2021 numbers, and I hope that skepticism is something the broader market absorbs. Guidance of 40-50% YoY growth would be crazy and very well may be an under promise. The over deliver of 1M just might send the final shockwave that wakes everyone up to Tesla's true potential. Or not. People like being wrong year after year.

Teslarati article has some crazy math though. Shanghai has capacity (doesn't mean it is making that much, just that is the potential) and at the end they say the plant will make:
China Industrial Securities forecasts that Tesla China sales could amount to 180,000 Model 3 units and 245,000 Model Y cars this year. Overall, Tesla China Model Y sales for 2021 are expected to break down as follows: 10,000 vehicles sold in Q1 to mid Q2, 12,000-13,000 units by the end of Q2, and 15,000 cars by Q3 and Q4.

Basically the math doesn't add up. The quarterly ramp implies they would need to make 200,000 MIC Y's in Q4. I think they will make 250,000+ MIC M3 and probably about 100,000 to 150,000 MIC MY this year. If Fremont ramps up a bit, they should make about 550,000 cars, unless they are able or need to move some Y to Austin in Q4, to make room for Roadster or other products. Without Boring tunnels to improve logistics, I don't think Fremont can grow much more. Add in 50,000 MIG MY and that is about 900,000. If they hit it great, if they don't, they should still be close to 1.2 to 1.5 million production rate going into 2022. Phase 2 Berlin will be in stride and likely a Phase 2 Austin and a new plant or phase in China, as well as Semi & Cybertruck production. 2021 should be good, but 22 should be insane.

Tesla Gigafactory Shanghai reaches 8k/week production capacity: study
 
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Hawaii has less "Pending" Superchargers than they did before. There use to be two on Oahu, now it's dropped to only one.

I think this is the first time there is a more definitive time than just a vague year, but I also don't trust it. It's been "coming soon" for the last few years.
 
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Under promise, over deliver is something Tesla has finally learned.

More specifically, I believe Tesla has learned that now is the time to start under promising and over delivering.

It's awfully curious to me that the company used to miss its deadlines, but generated a lot of buzz with its hyper-optimistic announcements, and then when it became well known that Tesla was often late in its promises, it suddenly started under promising and over delivering, which creates the new buzz where (finally) something like a P&D delivery beat is followed by a rise in the SP.

It's tempting for me to weave this information into a narrative that appeals to my biases (as I may have just now). However, the timing of it all is so convincing that I can't help but believe it's evidence is brilliant management at the highest level.
 
Well, we know a lot of S&P benchmarked funds chose to stay underweight TSLA thinking it was overvalued and they could gain alpha that way. Now that we are over the entry price, they are effectively short and losing alpha as the price goes higher. Could we be seeing a benchmark squeeze?
Early this mornign I posted I thought it could be Benchmark (I called em index funds and had to go back and add an "EDIT") that waited out the P&D numbers hoping that Tesla would come in below expectations and they could buy on the dip. Now that is not possible so they may be doing the buying because of what you stated.
 
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The solution now seems obvious. Tesla should buy out their competitors and then just shut them down. Boom. Only Teslas exist. 100% market share and stock does another 10x. :D

I know you were joking but that would be a good example of anti-competitive behavior. A few people were worried about Tesla becoming a monopoly and getting broken up. That is the kind of behavior that could cause a legal monopoly to become judged an illegal monopoly.