Tesla did it. After endless difficulties and alleged "conspiracies", the company led by Elon Musk has finally managed to produce 5.000 cars a week, milestone promised several times but never achieved so far, and can focus on the second big goal: the debut of the Model 3 which aims to upset the car market, beating the competition despite the copious delay accumulated in recent months.
The "low cost" electric car - costing 35 dollars - destined for the mass market would have already reached half a million orders, a record demand which, at this point, the Palo Alto company is preparing to satisfy.
The announcement made by Elon Musk surprised everyone, given the vicissitudes of recent times: Tesla has cut the number of its employees by 9%, it suffered 2 fires in the Fremont factory and, according to what the CEO declared a few weeks ago, it would even have suffered sabotage by a former employee.
The achievement of the production target therefore sent the markets and the Nasdaq pre-market into raptures Tesla stock gains 4,3% after exceeding 360 dollars in the pre-market. A rise that has allowed the electric car giant to surpass the stock market capitalization of General Motors – equal to 55,532 billion dollars – exceeding 58 billion.
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