Ok, this is going to be old fashioned harsh from be. But you guys need to hear it.
There is some serious self-delusion going on here. Up until today not a peep but suddenly everyone is : "O they cut production on the S/X, sure that was expected; no big deal.". No, it wasn't. No one here was operating under that assumption (and to my shame I must I admit, not even I was, will I tend to be one of the more pessimist bulls).
This is bad news. Simple as that. Stop deluding yourself about the healthy margins they're going to make. The reality is that demand fell sufficiently that the 75 S/X may simple be back to single digit gross margins or maybe even at gross margin. Cutting the model isn't about creating demand for the P3D, it's about stopping the bleeding. In fact, after disgusting this news I did a quick survey of the user part of this forum. I have found not a single (!) post about a US customer asking questions with an eye toward a possible S/X order, let alone someone confirming a new order after new year. Plenty of CPO talk, but those are negative to the bottom line (and the talk wasn't very positive either). Q1 we'll be back to a better 3 mix yet we'll be barely profitable. We know now why : 2 major markets taking a dive due to fiscal changes was simply too much for Tesla to absorb.