Tesla may have struggled through "production hell" to build the Model 3, but the car has helped the company set a new record: $4 billion in revenue in the second quarter of 2018, according to an earnings report published on Wednesday. It also reached another milestone: the Model 3 is finally starting to make Tesla some money.
https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/1/17639588/tesla-earning-q2-2018-model-3-production
* earnings report * the company doesn’t “die” * many finished Model 3s currently sitting in parking lots * first achieved in late June * fired up a new production line in a tent * workers from other parts of the company * churned out Model 3s 24/7 * the company won’t need to raise new funding * third Gigafactory in China * two as originally stated * build a fourth Gigafactory in Europe * report surfaced that Tesla had opted against including driver monitoring technology * worse than that of a Ford F-150 * thousands of workers * warned his company of alleged “sabotage” * filed a lawsuit * there was the tent * trade war * officially winding down * top engineers left * hit back with a counterclaim of his own * entire saga * attempt to develop * resulted in Musk calling one of the divers a “pedo”