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Elon Musk: “We’re above 400 a week...In late 2014, the pace is “going to 800 a week."

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Elon Musk: “We’re above 400 a week...In late 2014, the pace is “going to 800 a week."

That is stated in an article referring to an interview that a reporter (Alan Ohnsman) of Bloomberg had with Elon Musk.

Here is a link to the article: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-07-11/tesla-model-s-sedan-output-speeds-past-400-a-week-ceo.html

Does Elon Musk mean that the pace of production of the Tesla Model S as from late 2014 is going to 800 a week?

The Tesla Model X will go into production in late 2014 as well.

Or does Elon Musk mean that the pace of production of both the Tesla Model S and the Tesla Model X in total as from late 2014 is going to 800 a week? For example that could mean that in one week they could be producing 500 Tesla Model S EV's and 300 Tesla Model X EV's (or any other combination).

And of course it will be about 800, not always exactly 800. But everybody understands that.

But if that figure of 800 per week refers to just the Tesla Model S, than that would mean that the total production of EV's per week will be more than 800 per week. For example, if in the same week they manage to produce 400 Tesla Model X EV's as well, than that would mean that the total production of EV's per week is 1,200 in that particular week (in late 2014)!!!

Please share your thoughts on this topic.
 
First off, have you paid attention to Elon's supercharger announcement? If not, you need to a) find out what he said and b) take a look at how well they are progressing against his claims.

Secondly, the likelihood of a $100K sedan selling in the 40K units per year range is, well, hard to swallow.

Thirdly, do you think, if the factory would be producing 800 MSs a week and N Model Xs a week, that Elon would opt to give the smaller or larger number?
 
"Currently producing at an annualized rate of more than 25K units (saw a flat panel on the factory tour that indicated 5,454 units produced in the 2nd quarter."

That's what an owner saw himself at a factory tour during the TESLIVE event.

Here is the link: http://teslamodels.wordpress.com/

But how many of these were actually sold to customers (and paid for) and delivered to them as well?