Elon Emails

Q2 2020: 'Breaking even is looking super tight'

From:
Elon Musk
Date:
June 29, 2020
To:
All Tesla employees
Subject:
Down to the last few days
Breaking even is looking super tight. Really makes a difference for every car you build and deliver. Please go all out to ensure victory!

About this email

With two days left in Q2 2020, Musk tells staff that breaking even will be very close and every car built and delivered matters.

Notes

Also reported by CNBC. The body as published is three sentences; any sign-off was not reproduced. Electrek also mentions an earlier, 'more cryptic' email that week urging staff to go 'all out', whose text was not published.

Where it came from

Leaked to press; attribution widely reported.

Tesla, company-wide memo. Tags: profitability, end-of-quarter, deliveries, covid-19

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