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Tesla would have been a better benchmark than BMW. I believe comparison is not entirely fair for the following reasons:

The Tesla roadster was developed together with Lotus and there were only 1000 units produced. Producing a one-off small batch series is in another ballpark than real mass production.

For the later models Tesla partnered with Daimler and Toyota. Toyota produces more cars on a single day than Tesla in a whole year.

I'm enthusiastic about what Tesla does but if they want to play with the big guys they'll have to grow up.