[nblavoie]

I don't want to be the conspiracy guy, but if I read the email the opposite way, I found out that the message is the sabotage first (yes), but the second point about ramping up the production to 5k is the second subject. I'm asking the question if this email could be a stunt to inform the investors their production state, to inform about the delays, etc. ? Simply wondering.

[coatmatter]

I very often notice how Musk will write or tweet in an ambiguous enough way that most people will read different messages out of him.

My own speculation is that he does this intentionally not to lie, but to catch people out with "gotchas". It's a hedge against both failure and success.

I caution against over-interpreting anything he says until the details are made very specific.

An aside for example, one time I told a customer "I'll see what I can do" - what they heard though was closer to "ok I'll sort it out for you", and weren't too pleased when later on we weren't able to resolve it in time for them.

[sp332]

5k/week was already the goal. He's just reassuring investors that it hasn't changed. https://arstechnica.com/cars/2018/01/tesla-delivers-1550-mod...

[nblavoie]

Indeed. But I sense a more subtle message in this email than the sabotage. Don't you feel it ? It is purely subjective.