Elon Emails

50,000 net new orders; record quarter within reach

From:
Elon Musk
Date:
May 22, 2019 (Header as published: Wed 5/22/2019 10:45 PM)
To:
Everybody (all Tesla employees)
Subject:
Exciting Goal!
As of yesterday, we had over 50,000 net new orders for this quarter. Based on current trends, we have a good chance of exceeding the record 90,700 deliveries of Q4 last year and making this the highest deliveries/sales quarter in Tesla history! In order to achieve this, we need sustained output of 1,000 Model 3's per day. Almost all parts of the Model 3 production system have exceeded 1000 units on multiple days (congratulations!!) and we've averaged about 900/day this week, so we're only about 10% away from 7000/week. If we rally hard, we can do it! Thanks for your great work, Elon

About this email

Musk tells employees Tesla has over 50,000 net new orders in Q2 2019 and could beat its 90,700 delivery record if Model 3 output is sustained at 1,000 a day.

Notes

First obtained by Electrek.

Where it came from

Leaked to press; attribution widely reported.

Tesla, company-wide memo. Tags: orders, deliveries, model-3, production, q2-2019