[entropicgravity]

I disagree. Tesla is way ahead of the competition in the unit cost of making their vehicles. Further more they are being pro active in making sure they have the necessary inputs in their own hands, right down to lithium, to keep growing their manufacturing end.

Remember Tesla's intent is not to maximize profit but to catalyze the world's shift from fossil fuels to EV's to as quickly as possible. The trick here is to avoid bankruptcy while putting as many EV's in customer's hands as possible and scaling the production side as high as possible to get the lowest unit cost.

It's pretty clear that Tesla has been executing very effectively on this plan and the competition are in for a rough ride. And whoever wrote this article is ... confused at best.

[Slartie]

Tesla is a public company with shareholders which expect the best possible return on invest. Obviously "to catalyze the world's shift from fossil fuels to EV's to as quickly as possible" cannot be the intent, but only a welcome byproduct of the actual intent, which is to maximize profit and thus RoI for their shareholders.