<story><title>Tesla Second Quarter 2018 Update</title><url>http://ir.tesla.com/static-files/7235e525-db16-470c-8dce-9ecac0ad7712</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>dmode</author><text>Tesla only sold 104 Roadstars in 2011. Now they are on track to sell 250,000 Model S, X, and 3 combined in 2018. The scale of Tesla&amp;#x27;s accomplishment is truly under appreciated. It becomes even more impressive when you realize that this is an electric car, sold by Tesla owned stores, supported by over a thousand Superchargers. Amazing !!</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>kanox</author><text>I don&amp;#x27;t follow Tesla or the automotive market but I do follow space and for many years SpaceX was mocked because of it&amp;#x27;s low launch rate and delays. They are now #2 by launch rate, behind only China. SpaceX launches 2x to 3x more often than ULA or Ariane and &lt;i&gt;their rampup was also faster&lt;/i&gt; than that of comparable vehicles.&lt;p&gt;The argument that a company can&amp;#x27;t build it&amp;#x27;s product fast enough to satisfy demand strikes me as extremely weak: as long as margins as positive the production problems are solvable.</text></comment>
<story><title>Tesla Second Quarter 2018 Update</title><url>http://ir.tesla.com/static-files/7235e525-db16-470c-8dce-9ecac0ad7712</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>dmode</author><text>Tesla only sold 104 Roadstars in 2011. Now they are on track to sell 250,000 Model S, X, and 3 combined in 2018. The scale of Tesla&amp;#x27;s accomplishment is truly under appreciated. It becomes even more impressive when you realize that this is an electric car, sold by Tesla owned stores, supported by over a thousand Superchargers. Amazing !!</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>gamblor956</author><text>Toyota went from selling 19,000 Prius&amp;#x27; in 2000 to 281,000 Prius in the same timescale. It becomes even more impressive when you realize that before the Prius, there was no market for green cars, hybrid, electric, or otherwise. Amazing!!!&lt;p&gt;[1] Even more impressive is that these are sales of a single model...</text></comment>