Elon Emails

'We did it!!' - 5,000 Model 3s in a week

From:
Elon Musk
Date:
July 1, 2018 (Sent July 1, 2018 at 12:37 PM)
To:
Everybody (all Tesla employees)
Subject:
7000
We did it!! What an incredible job by an amazing team. Couldn't be more proud to work with you. It is an honor. The level of dedication and creativity was mind-blowing. We either found a way or, by will and inventiveness, created entirely new solutions that were thought impossible. Intense in tents. Transporting entire production lines across the world in massive cargo planes. Whatever. It worked. Not only did we factory gate over 5000 Model 3's, but we also achieved the S & X production target for a combined 7000 vehicle week! What's more, with the widespread productivity gains throughout Tesla and the new production lines spooling up, we are on track to reach 6k/week for Model 3 next month. I think we just became a real car company … Thank you for your hard work and dedication, Elon

About this email

Musk celebrates Tesla building over 5,000 Model 3s and 7,000 total vehicles in the last week of Q2 2018 and says the company is on track for 6k/week.

Where it came from

Leaked to press; attribution widely reported.

Tesla, company-wide memo. Tags: model-3, production, milestone, celebration