AI illustration: Tesla hits a 10,000-car week by end of 2018
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Tesla 10,000 cars a week by 2018? Elon said zero concern, missed

Elon Musk promised A 10,000-car production week by the end of 2018 by the end of 2019. He has moved the date 1 time. The deadline passed and it didn't happen.

goalposts: end of 2018 → end of 2019 (Q4 2018 call) · moved 1×
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“What people should absolutely have zero concern about, and I mean 0, is that Tesla will achieve a 10,000 unit production week by the end of next year.”
— Elon Musk · Aug 2, 2017 · Tesla Q2 2017 earnings call, Aug 2 2017 (quoted by Electrek) ↗
What actually happened

Musk said Tesla would hit a 10,000-unit production week by end of 2018. Tesla built 86,555 cars in Q4 2018, about 6,600 a week. Tesla Q4 2018 production & deliveries release ↗

The Progression

Aug 2, 2017
The promise: “What people should absolutely have zero concern about, and I mean 0, is that Tesla will achieve a 10,000 unit production week by the end of next year.” · Tesla Q2 2017 earnings call, Aug 2 2017 (quoted by Electrek) ↗
end of 2019 (Q4 2018 call)
Timeline pushed to end of 2019 (Q4 2018 call).
Goalpost #1
Dec 31, 2019
Deadline passed. Musk said Tesla would hit a 10,000-unit production week by end of 2018. Tesla built 86,555 cars in Q4 2018, about 6,600 a week. Tesla Q4 2018 production & deliveries release ↗
Today · Oct 12, 2026
Status: Missed · 2,477 days past due. Never happened.

On Tesla's August 2017 earnings call Elon Musk said people should have zero concern that Tesla would reach a 10,000-unit production week by the end of 2018. Tesla averaged about 6,600 a week in late 2018.

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