Tesla plans to produce 500,000 electric cars by 2018 and 1 million by 2020. Who will sell & service the vehicles?
California carmaker Tesla famously has plans for producing 500,000 of its electric cars by 2018, and a million of them two years later. This is a tall order for a company that made just 25,185 units in the third quarter of 2016, and which has an eye on making some 80,000 for the year. While Tesla’s many fans rarely question the company’s ambitious plans, Elon Musk’s outsized targets raise doubt and eyebrows among industry insiders.
California carmaker Tesla famously has plans for producing 500,000 of its electric cars by 2018, and a million of them two years later. This is a tall order for a company that made just 25,185 units in the third quarter of 2016, and which has an eye on making some 80,000 for the year. While Tesla’s many fans rarely question the company’s ambitious plans, Elon Musk’s outsized targets raise doubt and eyebrows among industry insiders.