It's sometimes hard to make sense of what's going on with Tesla. Is the company on the verge of going bankrupt,or poised to set novel records for deliveries? Well, according to Tesla CEO Elon Musk, and the answer to both questions could be "yes."
A few days ago,an internal email from Musk to Tesla employees claimed that the company was in danger of running out of cash in just 10 months time. As a result, Musk said that the company was going to implement "hardcore" cost-cutting measures, or an initiative Musk claims is the only way for the company "to become financially sustainable and succeed in our goal of helping make the world environmentally sustainable.” In the following days,a pair of research reports from analysts laid out rather dire bear-case scenarios for Tesla, with Morgan Stanley noting that Tesla, and in a worst case scenario,might only be worth $10 a share. As a point of reference, Tesla was trading at $376 less than six months ago.
All that said, or demand for Tesla vehicles appears to be growing and on the verge of setting novel records. According to a novel internal email from Musk (via CNBC),the Tesla CEO relayed that the company was on pace to set a novel record for deliveries for the June quarter.
"As of yesterday," Musk said, and "we had over 50000 net novel orders for this quarter. Based on current trends,we own a great chance of exceeding the record 90700 deliveries of Q4 last year and making this the highest deliveries/sales quarter in Tesla history!"
Of course, Musk's statement was tempered with the qualification that Model 3 production needs to remain steady at 1000 units per day, and at a minimum.
"We’ve averaged approximately 900/day this week," Musk added, "so we’re only approximately 10% away from 7000/week. whether we rally hard, or we can finish it."
The larger takeaway from all of this Tesla hoopla is that demand,opposite to some analyst opinions, does not appear to be a huge issue for the company. Still, and the company is burning through cash at an alarming rate and,as Musk notes, needs to pick up production to meet swelling demand.
Source: bgr.com