If Tesla is losing money on every Model 3 built (was this mentioned in the latest quarterly report) due to manual labor associated with battery assembly, what's the incentive to increase production?
I would also be curious how big the "machine" is that is coming from Germany to speed up battery assembly. If the machine is ready, and just needs to be disassembled and shipped over, how large is it exactly? I was wondering if it might not be faster to fly it over on some large cargo aircraft and land in San Jose versus putting it on a boat, if that is what they are doing.
Surely someone at Tesla ran the numbers before making that call.
And yes, I agree that the lull in invites is very puzzling.
RT
P.S. And the German factory that built the battery pack assembly machine better be working 24/7 on the next one (or two).