Wow, just wow. Forbes is ok with printing some BS.

[AB4EJ]

There are a lot of journalists (with or without an axe to grind) that know nothing about the auto industry, but that doesn't stop them from writing knowingly about it. Check this quote from the article:

"If a car company would want to increase production ten times in the span of two years, there would be frantic activities to build the huge factory that can do that. Apart from a very unfinished Gigafactory, which produces batteries only, there is no such activity to be seen at Tesla."

Tesla already has a huge factory in Fremont that has plenty of room for the new Model 3 assembly lines - all they have to do is light up the 80% of the building that is empty. I have worked in such a plant during such a ramp-up, and the activity (inside the building) is indeed frantic; but not something you could see from outside, unless you have x-ray vision.

 

[Electroman]

Drivin you are purposely being obtuse or having some fun here.

Musk or anyone at Tesla *never* said 315k to NYT. This 315K came out of an NYT error, which Tesla called on them and NYT corrected it immediately.

The SA troll picks up a recording of JB (through an unrelated German radio program) in which he mentions 325K, doesn't even check to see the date of that audio clip from JB, immediately jumps in to write an article. Later when came to know that was an old sound bite, instead of retracting the article he went on a tangent about how M3 reservations are bogus, Musk is a conman yada yada.

And you Drvin, you don't even take the time to understand both sides, but simply jump in here anytime some negative news - mostly made up nonsense - shows up on the Internet.

Weren't you the guy accusing Tesla of leeching immigrants for $5/hr, then silently slithered away when the facts came to light?

 

[ZachShahan]

Tough Times At Tesla: Preorder Brouhaha Steals Gigafactory Thunder

Yep, hence the reason I finally wrote this a few months ago: Beware Of Forbes: Anti-Tesla Troll Mr. B.S. Lives There

 

[Chuq]

Charles G on Twitter

 

[Electroman]

3 days in, that tweet has received 1 like and 1 nasty comment. That tells you how much he is taken seriously.

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[Matias]

What do you think about

" In the rest of the car industry, there typically are several years between design freeze and start of production. "?

 

[Yggdrasill]

What do you think about

" In the rest of the car industry, there typically are several years between design freeze and start of production. "?

That may be true. And completely irrelevant.

The question isn't how fast something is typically done by the fossil car industry, the question is how fast Tesla can do it.

 

[3s-a-charm]

I'll do the world a favor and not click on the link to the article.

Did a factory tour last week and the pace of growth was certainly impressive to say the least!

Tesla has never been one to shy away from monumental challenges.

 

[3Victoria]

Can you exoand on the "pace of growth" please?