The first quarter of 2018 was traditionally unprofitable for Tesla: the losses amounted to 709,6 million dollars (nearly a billion like). This is a record quarterly loss for all time of existence of the company. In the same quarter of last year, the loss amounted to 330,3 million dollars. The Tesla revenue grew by 1% compared with the previous quarter. 2018 began for the carmaker from 3.96 billion in the account and ended from 3.22 billion.
The Mask a week earlier, promised that Tesla will come into profit in Q3-Q4 2018 if it manages to increase the production of Model 3 to 5,000 copies a week. Growth will contribute to production optimization and elimination of inefficient and excessive robotics conveyors.
The head of Tesla Elon Musk to questions from investors about capitalization refused to answer, citing the fact that they are “stupid”, “boring” and “uncool”. After the publication of the statements and answers of the Mask on the questions of the investors, the shares of Tesla in the evening the stock exchange has lost about 4.5%.
To reach a production of 5000 Tesla Model 3 in a week the company planned in may, but failed. The number of ordered 3 Tesla exceeds 400,000 electric vehicles.
Tesla again closed the quarter in a record loss
Ilya Hel