I read the thread about Lucid’s production progress, frustrations, etc. Very passionate topic. So I looked up how many cars Tesla made in each of its first years. Here’s what i found (I can’t be certain this is completely accurate but believe it is close):
2010 — 500
2011 — 940
2012 — 2,670
2013 — 22,442
2014 — 31,655
I’ll stop here. I’m planning to buy a GT and am nevertheless a Tesla admirer. So excluding their formative years before going public it took Tesla 4 years to get to the 20k mark. Lucid just went public last year, as we all know, and it seems likely they’ll hit the 20k mark next year. That doesn’t look bad in comparison to me. Of course, I don’t remember what Tesla was promising about production volumes in those early years; others can chime in on that. Maybe expectations are rightfully different today for reasons I don’t understand, but I’m learning more about the sheer length of time that is needed for a startup to get rolling. Interested to hear your reactions.
2010 — 500
2011 — 940
2012 — 2,670
2013 — 22,442
2014 — 31,655
I’ll stop here. I’m planning to buy a GT and am nevertheless a Tesla admirer. So excluding their formative years before going public it took Tesla 4 years to get to the 20k mark. Lucid just went public last year, as we all know, and it seems likely they’ll hit the 20k mark next year. That doesn’t look bad in comparison to me. Of course, I don’t remember what Tesla was promising about production volumes in those early years; others can chime in on that. Maybe expectations are rightfully different today for reasons I don’t understand, but I’m learning more about the sheer length of time that is needed for a startup to get rolling. Interested to hear your reactions.